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https://www.thenational.ae/uae/envi...-discarded-clothes-into-new-garments-1.941539
Kelly Clarke
November 24, 2019
Bags brimming with old clothes lie strewn across the entire factory.
Many garments are ripped, some have holes while others are still in good shape. The sheer volume - more than 4,000 tonnes overall - tower over the 200 employees.
When it first started out nearly 20 years ago, Hands Industries in Sharjah was one of the the UAE's first recyclers of second-hand textiles.
Since then the business has boomed. Giant 150kg bags containing clothing from all four corners of the globe are stacked 10-high. Everything from battered shirts, skirts and shorts is given a new lease of life.
“We started 19 years ago with four people and now we have more than 200 employees.
“The concept of used clothing was not a thing back then, we were one of the beginners in the market."
Each week, a deluge of castoffs from around the world arrive at the factory in Sharjah’s industrial freezone.
The company buys the textiles from more than eight countries before recycling and reselling on to customers in the developing world.
The purchase price ranges from 60 cents to $1 per kilo
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Kelly Clarke
November 24, 2019
Bags brimming with old clothes lie strewn across the entire factory.
Many garments are ripped, some have holes while others are still in good shape. The sheer volume - more than 4,000 tonnes overall - tower over the 200 employees.
When it first started out nearly 20 years ago, Hands Industries in Sharjah was one of the the UAE's first recyclers of second-hand textiles.
Since then the business has boomed. Giant 150kg bags containing clothing from all four corners of the globe are stacked 10-high. Everything from battered shirts, skirts and shorts is given a new lease of life.
“We take the clothes people don’t want and make them good again…like taking ingredients and making the perfect recipe for someone else," said Nawaz Khan, the firm's sales manager.
“We started 19 years ago with four people and now we have more than 200 employees.
“The concept of used clothing was not a thing back then, we were one of the beginners in the market."
Each week, a deluge of castoffs from around the world arrive at the factory in Sharjah’s industrial freezone.
The company buys the textiles from more than eight countries before recycling and reselling on to customers in the developing world.
The purchase price ranges from 60 cents to $1 per kilo
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Cont on the link