Next, Primark and Tesco are backing a Waste and Resources Action Program, or WRAP, initiative to overhaul the United Kingdom’s used-textile collection system as falling resale revenues strain businesses that handle unwanted clothing.
The environmental nonprofit published “Transformative Practice in Textiles Collection” on Thursday, the first report from its Textiles Collections Transition Program, a multiyear global initiative with work already underway in the U.K. The three retailers funded the initial phase, which brings together case studies, stakeholder insights and existing WRAP research.
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The program aims to keep used textiles out of general waste and mixed recycling bins, preserve clothing for reuse and improve the supply of material suitable for fiber-to-fiber recycling. It also seeks to address the economics of collection and sorting, where income from reusable garments helps pay for handling items that cannot be resold.
WRAP will hold stakeholder workshops from October through January to develop a plan it calls the Blueprint, scheduled for publication in spring 2027.
“Transforming textile collections is an industry-wide challenge that no organization can solve alone,” Catherine David, WRAP’s chief executive officer, said. “By investing in this program, Next, Primark and Tesco are showing the leadership needed to move from ambition to action and help build a system that works for the whole sector.”
’s textile reuse and recycling sector.
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