CPSC Textiles Survey: Post-Consumer - Reuse and Second Hand Question Title * 1. What type of company are you? Nonprofit B-Corp Sole proprietor LLC Partnership Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. What type of textiles do you handle? Check all that apply. Post-industrial Post-consumer Unsold merchandise Other (please specify) Question Title * 3. What do you do? Check all that apply. Broker / trader Collection bin operator Export for international reuse Grading / sorting post-consumer textiles for reuse Mail-in collection On-site laundry Resale / thrift at a physical retail Resale / thrift online Removing hard parts (buttons, zippers, grommets, etc.) Wiper sorting / grading Wiper cutting / conversion Other (please specify) Question Title * 4. Where do your inbound materials come from? Check all that apply. Los Angeles County San Francisco County Alameda County Other California sources Sources outside of California Sources outside of the United States Other (please specify) Question Title * 5. How much volume (million lbs) do you handle per year? Question Title * 6. Estimated Categorical Percentages Clothing- % of total Household textiles- % of total Shoes- % of total Bags, belts, and other accessories- % of total Rolled goods and remnants- % of total Other manufacturing by-products: fiber, clippings, scraps, etc.- % of total Other non-textile products (home goods, toys, books, etc.) - % of total Question Title * 7. Total volume is Fairly consistent Varies, but year-to-year is similar Variable Clothing Clothing Fairly consistent Clothing Varies, but year-to-year is similar Clothing Variable Home textiles Home textiles Fairly consistent Home textiles Varies, but year-to-year is similar Home textiles Variable Shoes Shoes Fairly consistent Shoes Varies, but year-to-year is similar Shoes Variable Bags, belts, and accessories Bags, belts, and accessories Fairly consistent Bags, belts, and accessories Varies, but year-to-year is similar Bags, belts, and accessories Variable Rolled goods and remnants Rolled goods and remnants Fairly consistent Rolled goods and remnants Varies, but year-to-year is similar Rolled goods and remnants Variable Other manufacturing by-products (fiber, clipping, scraps, etc.) Other manufacturing by-products (fiber, clipping, scraps, etc.) Fairly consistent Other manufacturing by-products (fiber, clipping, scraps, etc.) Varies, but year-to-year is similar Other manufacturing by-products (fiber, clipping, scraps, etc.) Variable Other non-textile products (home goods, toys, books, etc.) Other non-textile products (home goods, toys, books, etc.) Fairly consistent Other non-textile products (home goods, toys, books, etc.) Varies, but year-to-year is similar Other non-textile products (home goods, toys, books, etc.) Variable Question Title * 8. What type of products do you sell? Credential Fiber by-products Graded textiles for non-reuse markets Graded used clothing for reuse in N. America Graded used clothing for reuse outside N. America Institutional clothing / mixed rags Shoes Vintage Wipers from mill ends or other new textiles Wipers from used clothing Pillows Art Other (please specify) Question Title * 9. How much of the clothing and household textiles you handle have a reuse market (percent sold for use as-is, NOT for wipers / sorbents / etc.)? Question Title * 10. How much of the clothing and household textiles you handle can ONLY be landfilled or incinerated (percent)? Question Title * 11. Describe the circumstances that would lead to textiles being landfilled or incinerated? Question Title * 12. Where do you sort and/or process materials to sell to your customers? Check all that apply. Address provided above Eastern US or Canada India, Pakistan, UAE Eastern Europe Other (please specify) Question Title * 13. What percent of your products are sold to N. American customers? Question Title * 14. What types of textiles are the most difficult to find end markets for? Question Title * 15. Can you provide feedstocks / input materials for textile recycling technologies? Yes No Question Title * 16. Describe the sorting process for recycling bound materials. Question Title * 17. What factors and influences have the biggest impact on your ability to sort and sell textiles? Question Title * 18. From a business perspective, what would you need in order to provide textile-to-textile recycling technologies with input materials? Question Title * 19. May we contact you about your responses? Yes No Question Title * 20. Please enter your contact information. Your information will not be shared. 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