Importing and exporting waste and non-waste textiles
Download this document free
Get this document with your free trial. Choose from the full Complyzard library.
Try 1 month free30 days free, then $19/month. Trial terms apply. Card required. Cancel anytime.Document information
How to decide if textiles are waste or non-waste, and the controls that apply when importing or exporting them.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
How to decide if textiles are waste or non-waste, and the controls that apply when importing or exporting them. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Textiles covered in this guidance
- Decide if the textile is waste
- Requirements for waste and non-waste textile exports
- Exporting non-waste textiles (products)
- Exporting waste textiles
- Criteria for sorting textiles
- Requirements for waste and non-waste textile imports
- Classifying waste shipments
- Check that you are using the correct code and control
- If you need more information
Source and licence
Environment Agency
AttributionEnvironment Agency, ‘Importing and exporting waste and non-waste textiles’ (updated 3 June 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026