B A R B I C A N L I F E
Toys found in recycling banks
The Salvation Army clothing scheme is managed through a wholly owned trading company - SATCol. Between 2009 and 2012 SATCoL raised £19.8 million for The Salvation Army. This
money is used to fund The Salvation Army’s work in the UK and overseas, including addiction services,
employment training, support for the long-term unemployed and people with special needs. Each year The Salvation Army serves more than 3 million meals; some 3,500
homeless men, women and families “We are under a moral obligation to
make sure everything we receive is re- used or recycled - even non-clothing items,” confirms Paul Ozanne,
Loading up trucks with clothes for Eastern Europe
“re-use of a tonne of clothing saves
12 tonnes of CO2”
National Recycling Co-ordinator for the Salvation Army Trading Company. Reusable clothing and other textile
items are packed into half tonne sacks - white bags sown up with giant sized needle and thread. The Salvation Army’s 170 plus charity shops have first call on these items, followed by any humanitarian needs. Fortunately, much more is collected
Bagging up donated clothes and textiles in Kettering
than is needed for these purposes, so the remainder is exported to countries where Western garments are highly sought after, mainly in Eastern Europe.
wipes, or sound proofing in cars. Less than 1% cannot be used again, and is sent to landfill.
How can The Salvation Army be sure that donated clothing does not end up in landfill? “This clothing is a valuable resource”, says Paul Ozanne. “There is a strong demand - particularly for British clothing - as it is considered to be of higher quality than from other European countries. And just to make sure that no clothing and textiles are dumped we undertake frequent spot audits of all our overseas customers.” The City has a 5-year contract with
the Salvation Army Trading Company (SATCoL) to collect all our textile recycling. This is a good deal for us as ratepayers since profits from the
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recycling are shared equally between the City and The Salvation Army. In addition, every tonne recycled or
re-used saves the £125 per-tonne cost incurred in sending clothes and textiles to the incinerator as part of our household waste. It’s also good for the environment - re-using a tonne of clothing saves 12 tonnes of CO2 emitted in the manufacture of new items. Re-use also saves water used in growing the cotton and manufacturing the cloth. It takes 400 litres of water to make one T-shirt - often in countries where water is a scarce resource.
Sarah Hudson is a member of the Barbican Association Sustainability Group. If you would like to learn more about the Sustainability Group’s current projects please email ba_sustainability @
btinternet.com. Or come along to our monthly meetings in the Seddon House meeting room. Dates of meetings are on the BA website.
There is an active second-hand
market in Eastern Europe - 99% of items are reused or recycled with up to 80% being reworn. Items that cannot be reused are shredded or broken down to make mattress filling, industrial
find shelter in lifehouse centres every night and more than 600 older people are looked after in 17 care
homes. Overseas The Salvation Army provides aid for disaster relief as well as support for children, families and the elderly in 126 countries.
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