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….on this question of a so-called Primark effect. Let me say at the outset this is not an attack on Primark as a brand, but it was the language which was used when we visited a waste site in Croydon. The operator commented that they had seen a significant increase in the amount of textile waste which was being disposed of. Five years ago it constituted seven per cent of the waste stream and now by weight it was up to 30 per cent, and it was presenting them with real challenges because these materials were not easily recyclable, in other words it was either landfill or burning them.
— Rt Hon Michael Jack, chair of the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
