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City outlines textile-diversion push; Recology pilots curbside and building pickup tests
Summary
City staff and Recology described an initiative to divert textiles (clothing, linens, shoes) from the landfill through expanded drop-offs, building-based collection bins and curbside pilot routes; staff said textiles represent roughly 20,000 tons of the city's waste stream.
San Francisco’s Department of the Environment and Recology presented a multi-pronged effort to reduce textile waste, a material stream the department estimates at about 20,000 tons annually, and described pilot tests for collection and outreach.
Alexa Kielty, the department’s zero-waste specialist, said textiles (clothing, shoes, linens, backpacks and related items) make up an estimated 20,000 tons of the city’s landfill stream and that the department seeks to increase local reuse and collection…
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