UKFT guide to sorting post-consumer textiles for export: Compliance and best practice
08/09/2025
UKFT has published a new guide that outlines how post-consumer textiles should be sorted, processed and packaged for export to ensure compliance with export legislation, Environment Agency classification requirements and UKFT best practices. Its aim is to support ethical, legally sound operations and maximise value from reusable textiles.
This is exclusively available to UKFT members. To access your copy, please contact info@ukft.org. Not yet a member? Visit www.ukft.org/membership to find out more.
The guide covers:
- Legal framework and definitions
- Operational sorting requirements
- Packaging and labelling
- Compliance best practices
It is part of UKFT’s new Reuse & Recycling membership for textile collectors, sorters, graders, mechanical recyclers, upcyclers and recycling innovators, which aims to power the circular economy through partnership.
To access your copy, please contact info@ukft.org.
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