Moda Re consists of 50 insertion companies and manages nearly 51 million kilos of clothing annually (42% of all textiles separated in Spain) through 9,000 containers and four sorting plants. More than 60% of its 1,600 workers are in a situation of high vulnerability.
At Moda Re, the collected clothing is sorted, and if it is dignified enough to be reused, it is sent to its 190 sales points; if not, efforts are made to recycle or energetically valorize it. However, those 51 million kilos represent only 13% of what is thrown away. "87% ends up in landfills. We are talking about between 800 and 1,000 million kilos a year, equivalent to between 20 and 25 kilos per person", explains Paniagua.
The new obligation for selective textile collection in all Spanish municipalities, effective from January 2025, is an opportunity, but it also carries risks: that the regulation does not consider the role that social organizations already play, which account for more than 60% of the current market, or that there are not enough industrial solutions to manage the upcoming volumes.
