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Up, is one of the UK’s leading textile recycling companies. To date, the company has raised over £4.5 million for its partner charities, which include Air Ambulances services, including Yorkshire, Essex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Dorset and Somerset. Partner charities also include Francis House Children’s Hospice and Whizz‐Kidz‐ which provides mobility equipment for disabled children. BIU Group’s recycling banks, which can be placed in retail car parks or even outside retail shops are easy to install and have a





empty banks as frequently as required. The company’s in‐house facilities, which include a workshop to carry out remedial work and its own trucks for transportation, ensure site owners always have a well presented recycling bank. Recycling banks can be replaced within 24 hours, if required. BIU Group has recycling banks installed in car parks and grounds of retail sites across the UK, including Sainsbury’s, Morrison’s, Co‐op, Tesco, Nisa, B&Q, as well as independent shops, such as clothing and fast‐food eateries.


Currently a shockingly low 16%, 300,000 tonnes, of all discarded clothing and textiles is reused or recycled and this needs to change.


unique theft proof locking system that makes them extremely secure and near impossible to break into. Theft is often a concern for organisations and companies that agree to have a textile recycling bank. Another frequent concern is the regularity of collections. To prevent overflowing banks from looking unsightly and to avoid thefts, BIU Group’s policy is to


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Clothes recycling banks have become a vital lifeline for many local charities, as they struggle to cope with the continuing recession and changes in legislation. They also demonstrate that companies are not only helping the environment by encouraging people to recycle clothing and textiles, rather than sending them to landfill, but they are keen to give something


back to the local community. This is because they can easily become part of a company’s Corporate Social Responsibility.


Contact BIU Group T: +44 (0) 1422 418618 W: www.bagitup.org.uk


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