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12/28/24, 8:33 PM Landmark Group opens textile recycling unit | AGBI
Shoppers can deposit in
store

Retailer Landmark Group has

opened a textile recycling
facility at Dubai World Central

that will convert clothes into
fibre for new garments.

The Dubai company launched

a takeback programme last
year at its Centrepoint and

Max Fashion stores, and more

recently at Home Centre and
Home Box stores.

Clothes are brought to the
recycling centre where they

are processed into a selection
of fibres for manufacturing

units to be spun into yarn.

Eventually these will be
transformed into new clothing

or home furnishings products.

The UAE said in December
last year that it was

considering introducing a tax
on packaging to fund

recycling.

The Organisation for

Economic Co-operation and

Development said in 2022 that
the amount of mismanaged or

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