Secure, compliant uniform and workwear recycling
Uniform & Workwear Recycling — Cornwall & South West
Uniforms and workwear present a particular challenge for businesses and organisations — branded items can't simply be donated or resold, and sending them to landfill is both wasteful and a potential brand security risk. Cornwall Recycling Group provides compliant uniform and workwear recycling for commercial clients across the South West, with full waste transfer documentation on every collection.
Why Recycle Your Textiles?
What we accept:
Corporate and branded uniforms
Healthcare and clinical workwear
Hi-vis and PPE clothing
School uniforms
Industrial and trade workwear
Mixed workwear loads
Coverage:
Collections across Cornwall and the wider South West. Commercial volumes only.
What happens to it:
For branded or sensitive uniforms, knowing exactly where your waste goes is important. We provide correct waste transfer documentation for every collection — giving you a clear audit trail and full compliance peace of mind.
Who it's for:
NHS trusts and healthcare providers, schools and academies, manufacturers and industrial operators, retailers with branded staff uniforms, local councils and authorities, and any organisation replacing or retiring workwear at scale.
Textiles are one of the most resource-intensive materials on the planet to produce. Every kilogram of fabric that ends up in landfill represents wasted water, energy, and raw materials — resources that could be recovered and returned to the supply chain if the right recycling route is in place.
The scale of the problem is significant. Across the UK, an estimated 350,000 tonnes of clothing alone goes to landfill every year. When you add carpets, curtains, bedding, uniforms, and industrial textiles into the picture, the volume of recoverable material being lost is enormous — and much of it is happening in businesses and organisations that simply don't have an accessible, affordable recycling option in place.
In the South West, accessible textile recycling for commercial volumes has historically been difficult to find. Collections have been expensive, processors have been distant, and the result has been predictable — textiles going to landfill not because businesses don't care, but because the alternative has felt too complicated or too costly.
Recycling your textiles has three clear benefits for your business. First, it diverts material from landfill — reducing your environmental footprint and supporting your sustainability commitments. Second, it keeps you on the right side of your duty of care obligations — with documented waste transfer notes for every collection. Third, it positions your organisation ahead of incoming regulatory changes that will increasingly require businesses to take responsibility for the end-of-life management of the textiles they use and produce.
The good news is that with Cornwall Recycling Group, commercial textile recycling across the South West is now straightforward. We handle the collection, the documentation, and the processing — so you don't have to.
EPR & Textiles — What Businesses Need to Know
Extended Producer Responsibility — EPR — is the regulatory framework that places responsibility for the end-of-life management of products on the businesses that produce, import, or sell them. You'll likely already be aware of EPR in the context of packaging, where new obligations have been rolling out across the UK. Textiles are next.