European Waste Catalogue
Separately collected clothes are 20 01 10 and other municipal textiles 20 01 11. Textile industry offcuts take 04 02 22 (processed fibre) and textiles from waste sorting plants 19 12 08.
Also searched as: fabric waste, clothing, clothes, rags, garments
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See the validation dossier~90M tonnes/yr separately collected (EU-27) · Aluminium cans: €700–1100/tonne; glass cullet: €30–80/tonne; mixed paper: €50–180/tonne; clear PET: €200–450/tonne
Primary buyers include Manufacture of hollow glass and Aluminium production and Manufacture of paper and paperboard.
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Municipal collection — clothes
Clothes
Municipal collection — other textiles
Textiles
Textile industry — processed fibre offcuts
Wastes from processed textile fibres
Output of waste sorting / mechanical treatment
Textiles
Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue
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