TRAID (Textile Recycling for Aid and International Development) is a charity committed to protecting the environment and reducing world poverty through recycling and delivering educational programmes and campaigning within the UK. Funds raised by TRAID through the collection and sale of reclaimed clothing and shoes help to divert waste from landfill and fund sustainable development projects in some of the poorest regions of the world.

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‘TRAID is a pioneering social enterprise that brings together environmental action and sustainable development in an exemplary way. We at SolarAid are really pleased that TRAID chose to support our first major solar programme in Africa, using money TRAID makes from selling second hand clothes to fund our training of solar entrepreneurs in northern Malawi. I’d encourage everyone to donate their clothes to TRAID’s shops and recycling banks in order to reduce waste and raise funds for development projects.’

Dr Jeremy Leggett, Chairman of SolarAid and Executive Chairman of Solarcentury

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