Clothing Banks

Textile or Clothing “bring banks“ are usually provided by local municipalities, supermarkets and others to give the public the opportunity to recycle their clothing at convenient points in close proximity to their homes. Textile recycling helps the environment by reducing landfill and carbon emissions, and is a key element in our mutual global sustainability effort.

Modern textile banks may be plastic or metal and they are safe and secure incorporating modern handling and design features. Often, they are provided, serviced, emptied and maintained free of charge. The provider usually earns revenue through sale of the collected material.

However, as with other recycling schemes, collection from the Textile banks worldwide is an expensive process, both in terms of financial cost and also in carbon emissions.

SmartBin's Recycling Bank Solution can help!

Assuring Cost-Effective Recycling

By using real-time fill-level monitoring, SmartBin's solution ensured that Textile Banks are serviced only when necessary!  SmartBin's customers have seen huge collection efficiency improvements with service visits reduced by up to 40% !  And, the reporting capabilities of the SmartBin solution saves many further hours of back-office administration.

SmartBin's Recycling Bank Solution now incorporates, in addition to basic remote fill-level monitoring, a host of other management features that streamline the overall collection process. These additional features include:

• Resource Management, assignment of resources for specific tasks
• Alerts, configurable online for delivery by SMS or email
• Standard reports on Bin Utilization and Service Performance
• Remote diagnostics