It’s only waste, when you say it is

CDT X Yodomo partner to provide new tools to fight textile waste for the people of East London

Make it stand out.

In May 2024, Hackney Wick & Fish Island CDT & Yodomo secured a £5000 grant from Tower Hamlets Council to chart out every nook, cranny and pop-up that’ll take your old tees and trousers off your hands. That’s right – we mapped textile reuse and recycling spots across the borough, from charity shops to slick textile banks, all in the name of slashing carbon

Mapping The Borough

Think of it as the ultimate treasure map for your cast-offs. The plan is simple: draw up a clear, user-friendly map of every place you can drop, donate or recycle textiles. Our project has a carbon-cutting target of six tonnes – roughly the same as driving a small car from London to Edinburgh three times. ​

“Beyond the nitty-gritty, this project is a neat example of local government funding a grassroots push for greener streets. No slick marketing campaign or buzzwords. Just £5000, a goal, and a map that could help the entire borough rethink what “old T-shirt” really means. If all goes to plan, Tower Hamlets will have a template for boosting circular fashion, and we’ll all have one less excuse to chuck our old threads in the bin.”