Helping our customers recycle
In 2010 we announced an exciting new programme in ROI and the UK partnering with the Newlife Foundation to recycle our clothing and further reduce our impact on the environment.
By recycling unwanted clothes and textiles we can help the environment by reducing what we send to landfill and reusing valuable resources.
We encourage all our customers to recycle their clothing.
In the UK, Primark is a member of the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP), which aims to improve the sustainability of clothing across its lifecycle by bringing together industry, government, and the third sector to develop sector-wide targets, along with the tools and guidance necessary to help industry reach them.
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children
Primark supports disabled and terminally ill children and their families across the UK by donating all our un-required goods and customer returns. These goods are recycled, in an environmentally sound manner, and the profits support the work of Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children.
Funds raised through this recycling scheme help pay for:
• Equipment: such as wheelchairs, pain relieving beds, and technology and aids to improve communication. Equipment can cost from a few pounds up to thousands of pounds, and can revolutionise a child’s life.
• Nurse services – qualified nurses inform, care for and support families. Often parents can face sad and challenging times and having a dedicated nurse to rely on gives immeasurable support.
• Medical research – the foundation’s research has been successful in many areas including diagnostics, understanding foetal development, basic and clinical science related to conditions, finding relevant genes and understanding the causes of conditions.
• Campaigns – the successful campaigning and awareness activities of the foundation have revealed the challenges faced by many families and children through the media, and have prompted government review and Commons debates. The foundation also challenges local policy makers to ensure children and families are supported.
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is an independent charity and receives no government funding. Primark is proud to be a partner and to support the vital work of the Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children.