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Secondhand Clothing Recovery,Recycle & Reuse Industry

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CTR’s Mission: Create awareness aboutkeeping what we wear out of landfills inorder to divert significant quantities ofpctw from national and local landfills.

www.WearDonateRecycle.org

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Eric StubinVice President, SMART

Chair, Council for Textile Recycling

Principal & CEO, Trans-Americas Textile Recylcing Inc.

Definitions• PCTW: Post Consumer Textile Waste : USED CLOTHING, USED FOOTWEAR or USED

HOUSEHOLD TEXTILES

• Donated or recycled at end of life. Can include apparel, footwear and accessoriesand household textiles

No relation to Pre Consumer / Post Industrial Waste (which fibers convertersrecycle) or Excess Inventories which fall under Reverse Logistics

Secondhand Industry: Charities, Secondhand Clothing Recyclers, Fiber Recyclersand Wiper Manufactures.

SMART - Trade AssociationCTR- Advocacy and educational NON PROFIT 501 C(3)

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Use of the Term “Recycling”Within the Textiles IndustriesThe industry tends to use the words recycled and reusedinterchangeably.

The clothing that is sold in charity thrift store and sold todeveloping nations would be considered “reuse”

The textiles that are turned into wiping rags and the textiles thatare ground up into fiber would be considered recycled.

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EPA & STATE OF NEW YORK HAVECLEARLY IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM

• 5% OF NY DISPOSED MSW IS POSTCONSUMER TEXTILE WASTE.

»700,000 TONS [2010 : NYS MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE , NYSAR3 SUPPLIED FIGURE:

MSW 14 MILLION tons disposed x 5%]

» Estimated $35 MILLION IN TIPPING FEES

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Nationally numbersare equallyconcerning

Secondhand Industry equipped to dealwith real world issues…

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• LARGE SCALE REVERSE SUPPLY CHAIN INDUSTRYEXISTS IN US.

• Consisting of both private sector and charitableoptions.

• USA recycles 3.8 Billion lbs annually of PCTW. US E.P.A.

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INDEPTH – PCTW RECYCLING FACILITIES…

• Textile recycling facilities engage in labor intensivesorting, separating, and recycling of apparel,footwear, household textiles and accessories.

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Most Efficientfacilities can processbetween 35-50 tonsper day of PCTW

= 140,000-200,000units DAILY

Larger processorsmay handle more

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Labor Intensive: 1 Ton of PCTW requires 2 daysof semi skilled labor

Clothing on main sorting line Efficient Material Handling

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PCTW % REUSED & RECYCLED

30%

20%

45%

5%

Wiping Rags 30%Fiber 20%Used Clothing 45%Waste 5%

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Why Recycle Textiles?“The EPA estimates that between 1999 & 2011the amount of textiles in our landfills grew by22% from 9.1 Million Tons to 11.1 Million Tons.Yet textile diversion only grew by 2.4%, from12.9% to 15.3%.”*

Source: EPA report on Municipal Solid Waste Facts and Figures 2011

Textile Recycling Drives Economy• Revenue stream for recycling agencies• Creates jobs• Funds charitable initiatives• Promotes small business• Encourages recycled product development• Provides affordable clothing opportunity

State & Local Real World Solutions - PCTW

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GET STARTED COLLECTING TEXTILES

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Low Fruit on the Recycling Tree- Cities arerecycling PCTW

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WORN OR TORNCLOTHING MUST BE

DONATED OR RECYCLED.

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RESOURCESTo Get Your Municipality

Started DivertingIncreased Volumes

ofPCTW

SMART’s VisionSMART is the leading industry voice promotinghigh standards and best practices for reducingsolid waste by recycling textiles and relatedsecondary materials. Our members collect, reclaim,and “close the loop” by processing, converting, anddistributing these recyclables.

Recent SMART Initiatives - Education• Lesson Plans for Elementary Students

- Grade Appropriate for students Grades K-5- Available free from Education Center website- SMART’s Goal - reach 1 million students by 2015

• Recycling Rangers Program launched November 2013- partner with teachers to host clothing drives

in schools.

Recent SMART Initiatives - Communication• Television PSA

- Community Recycling of Clothing and Textiles- 60: second spot

• Radio PSAs- 4 versions, 30:seconds each- Scripts include: Back-to-School;Earth Day; Spring Cleaning; End-of-the-Semester

• Info graphics to help tell story about textile recyclingand benefits to environment

• Online Buyers Guide

www.weardonaterecycle.org

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The industry’s only vetted search tool

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Brands and Retailers already engaged inReuse & Recycling

Patagonia GAPBurberry, EU NIKE

Cotton Inc.Eileen FisherH&M LEVIS

Brooks New Balance

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LEVI’S FIRST MOVERS ON WIDE SCALEREUSE & RECYCLING …others…

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EACH STAKEHOLDER SHARES COMMON GROUND….WHERE WE CAN COLLECTIVELY IMPACT THE GLOBAL

ISSUE OF PCTW…..Apparel &

Footwear Industry

Municipalities

Private SectorRecyclers

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1) Increase awarenessthrough a genericplatform of “Donate/Recycle”

2) Foster anenvironment wheremember companiescan find one anotherto divert pctw awayfrom our globallandfills.

Green – Producers of pctwBlue – Solution Providers

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Charities

Academics

Consumers

CTR

Unfortunately the USA lags behind the EU in terms oftextile recycling. Although many U.S Cities and localmunicipalities also incorporate textiles into theirrecycling programs few mandate that textiles arerecycled by ordinance.

We have a cultural model in Europe to aspire towards.

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Assistance & future trends

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www.smartasn.org

SMART Online Buyers GuideListing of SMART Members on

www.smartasn.orgSearchable by

Product Category, RegionAvailable to Public

Recent SMART Initiatives - Legislative• Clothing Collection Bins in the Community

- Clothing Collection Bin Operator Code of Conduct- Draft Ordinance Language- Bin Position Paper- Development of Bin Committee of SMART

members to work on proactive efforts in citiesand towns

- Bin Training Day at SMART Annual Convention inMarch 2014 to help members work with regulatorsand legislators

ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS WITH CITIES, TOWNS, STATES TOENCOURAGE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE RECYCLING CAMPAIGNS

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- North East Recycling Council (NERC)meeting in April 2013

- Michigan Recycling Association Meeting inMay 2013

- New Jersey Waste Wise Meeting in May2013

- Northeast Resource Recovery Association(NRRA)- June 2013

- Connecticut DEEP- Textile Reuse andRecycling Panel Discussion - June 2013

- King County (Seattle WA) LinkUp Meeting –April 2013

- New Hampshire Textile Diversion Training-August 2013

- Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Webinar,December 2013

- NYSAR3 (New York State RecyclingOrganization) – Ongoing support of2014 Textile Recycling Campaign

- Rhode Island Resource RecoveryCorporation (RIRRC) presentation – January2014

- Washington State Recycling Association-March 2014

- Maine Recycling Association – April 2014

SMART exhibited at ICMA (International City County Managers Association) inSeptember 2013 to help educate cities and towns about reasonable regulation ofClothing Collection Bins.

International Textile RecyclingSummit

June 2, 2014Miami, FL

SMART Co-Sponsored Event with Bureau ofInternational Recycling (BIR)Textiles Division and

Council for Textile Recycling

Over 40 SMART members inNortheast and Mid-Atlantic

How Can You Help?• Provide convenient collection points or inform public where

• Promote textile recycling days- Earth Day (Tuesday, April 22, 2014)- America Recycles Day (Saturday, November 15, 2014)

• Include textile recycling in all public relations andpromotion efforts supporting recycling programs

• Help educate the recycling public about textile recycling

• Encourage public agencies to use products made fromrecycled textiles

What do I hope 40 Power Point Slidesand the attention of some of NYS

Greenest officials, munis, and citizenscan accomplish?

• Start an ongoing dialogue betweenNY STATE / CTR & SMART.

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JOIN CTR TODAY: FREE TOMUNICIPAL & GOVERNMENT

www.weardonaterecycle.org

Additional Questions?

Eric Stubine.stubin@tranclo.com

Contact SMARTJackie King, Executive Director

443-640-1050 x105jackie@kingmgmt.orgwww.SMARTasn.org

Thank you!