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    Charity shops in the UK raise around £200 million each year by selling donated goods. Donations from the public make up 87% of the items sold in charity shops. The money raised goes towards funding important causes like medical research, overseas aid, environmental initiatives, and support for sick, deprived, disabled, homeless, and animals. Some examples include funding cancer treatment research, patient care centers, education, and heart disease research. Charity shops help fill empty storefronts on high streets and provide affordable goods while supporting important charitable causes.

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    Charity shops in the UK raise around £200 million each year by selling donated goods. Donations from the public make up 87% of the items sold in charity shops. The money raised goes towards funding important causes like medical research, overseas aid, environmental initiatives, and support for sick, deprived, disabled, homeless, and animals. Some examples include funding cancer treatment research, patient care centers, education, and heart disease research. Charity shops help fill empty storefronts on high streets and provide affordable goods while supporting important charitable causes.

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    Charity shops in the UK raise around £200 million each year by selling donated goods. Donations from the public make up 87% of the items sold in charity shops. The money raised goes towards funding important causes like medical research, overseas aid, environmental initiatives, and support for sick, deprived, disabled, homeless, and animals. Some examples include funding cancer treatment research, patient care centers, education, and heart disease research. Charity shops help fill empty storefronts on high streets and provide affordable goods while supporting important charitable causes.

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    Cloth Recycle

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    Charity shops in the UK raise around £200 million each year by selling donated goods. Donations from the public make up 87% of the items sold in charity shops. The money raised goes towards funding important causes like medical research, overseas aid, environmental initiatives, and support for sick, deprived, disabled, homeless, and animals. Some examples include funding cancer treatment research, patient care centers, education, and heart disease research. Charity shops help fill empty storefronts on high streets and provide affordable goods while supporting important charitable causes.

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    QUESITON ON RECYLING OF CLOTHES.

    Question > Why should I recycle used clothing and household textiles?
    You can reduce the amount of textile products going into landfills. Clothing and household textiles currently make up 8.3% of the waste stream. The used clothing industry provides lower income people around the world with affordable clothing. Clothing that is damaged is recycled into wiping rags, paper, yarn, insulation and padding for carpets. Reduces the need to create more landfill space Reduces pollution created by incinerators. Provides low cost clothing to low income households all over the world.

    Question > Ive heard my donated clothing is actually sold instead of being given to poor people. Isnt this deceptive and unethical?
    Recycling is not unethical. If you dropped off your clothing and other items at one of our bin locations, the charity indicated on the bin will receive payment. This helps them fund their projects and programs which help others in the community.

    Question > Are all the used clothing and textiles recyclable?
    Almost half, 48%, of the post-consumer textile waste that is recovered is recycled as secondhand clothing, which is typically sold to developing nations. It is through our industrys efforts that the worlds poorest are clothed. Behind food and medicine, clothing is probably the most important item for a family in need. Approximately 20% of the material processed becomes wiping and polishing cloths. Finally, 26% of this post-consumer waste is converted into fiber to be used in products similar in nature to those manufactured from pre-consumer textile waste.

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    > What happens to the clothing, shoes, and other textiles after they are picked up ? They are brought back to our factory and prepared for shipment to 2nd and 3rd world countries. The bales are loaded into cargo containers where they are sold as raw bales or often times sorted for sale in open-air markets, bazaars or local secondhand shops. These shops not only become a valuable source of affordable clothing, but create jobs as well. We are helping to provide usable clothing to millions of people that may not otherwise be able to afford usable clothing and shoes.

    CHARITY SHOPS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

    Charity shops are largely a British institution. They are retail outlets selling mainly second-hand donated goods to raise funds for their parent charities. Every year charity shops raise around 200m for a range of causes in the UK. They also function as a way of raising awareness of the parent charity. Traditionally, charity shops used to occupy unlet or unpopular premises but the majority are now not permanent. The recession has meant that 1 in 10 town centre shops are now empty (BRC research as of May 2011). Charity shops are able to fill some of these premises. They also often work with local businesses to increase footfall on high streets. Charity shops can only be set up by charities. An individual cannot set up a charity shop. WHY PEOPLE BUY FROM CHARITY SHOPS ? Many people shop in charity shops because they want to support the activities of the parent charity. A growing number of people use charity shops because of the environmental and ethical benefits of the reuse of goods, rather than buying completely new goods, or simply dumping used goods. Other people shop in charity shops because they like the range of goods available - many charity shops stock clothes, furnishings, crockery, CDs and videos which are no longer available in other stores. Many people visit charity shops to pick up retro clothing in particular. Charity shops are also popular because the prices charged for items are often lower than other shops, even commercial second-hand shops. Where do the goods in charity shops come from? 87% of the goods sold in charity shops are donated by the public; however, some shops do sell what are termed bought-in goods. These are new goods which are bought and sold for profit. Many shops - especially smaller hospice shops - sell only donated goods, but others sell both bought-in and ethically produced fair trade goods. However, a shop must sell wholly or mainly donated goods in order to retain its status as serving a "charitable purpose. Donations of goods and their sale in charity shops are environmentally friendly actions, as goods are reused, rather than being discarded or simply recycled.. WHAT HAPPANED TO THE MONEY THAT IS RAISED? Money that has been raised goes towards the parent charity, to further their charitable work. Last year charity shops raise more than 170 million, funding medical research, overseas aid,

    environmental initiatives, supporting sick and deprived children, homeless people, mentally and physically disabled people, for animal welfare and for many other causes. EXAMPLES OF CHARITY SHOPS AND THEIR FUNDING PROJECTS.

    THEY DO FUNDING IN RESEARCH OF CANCER TREATMENT.

    THEY HAVE A PATIENT CARE CENTRE AND DO FUNDING IN EDUCATION SECTOR AS WELL.

    THEY PROVIDE FUNDS FOR HEART DISEASE RESARCH.

    THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - THE UK'S LARGEST ANIMAL WELFARE CHARITY. WHICH RESCUE, REHABILITATE AND REHOMEHUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS EACH YEAR IN ENGLAND AND WALES. WE OFFER ADVICE ON CARING FOR ALL ANIMALS AND CAMPAIGN TO CHANGE LAWSTHAT WILL PROTECT THEM, WHICH WILL ENFORCE THROUGH PROSECUTION.

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