To commemorate this year's belated Recycle Week (17th – 23rd October) Ealing Broadway is shining a spotlight on its recycle partner, Love Not Landfill and Act For Ealing, the climate action community group.

Since September 2018, Ealing Broadway has worked with Love Not Landfill to provide locals with a sustainable way to recycle their old or unwanted clothes.

A non-profit organisation funded by a partnership between the Mayor of London and the London boroughs, Love Not Landfill aims to encourage people to buy second-hand, swap, recycle, and donate their fashion to charity.

Ealing Broadway is home to two Love Not Landfill clothes banks, located by entrance to St. Saviour's Walk and on the First Floor  in the centre, where visitors can donate their once-loved items to go onto a new home.

January saw Ealing Broadway's biggest spike in donations, with over a tonne (1,054kgs) of clothes donated. To increase numbers even further, Love Not Landfill are continuing to raise awareness of foodbanks over the next few months, and are preparing to co-host charity swap shop events with the centre.

All types of clothes and textiles can be donated to the banks, including those that have been damaged. Once donated, clothes that can be reused are given to Good, a business who own and operate a variety of vintage shops across London.

After selecting a small percentage of the clothes to resell in their shops, Good sell the remaining items to rag merchants, with these then shredded and turned into insulation materials or wash cloths.

Alongside their partnership with Love Not Landfill, Ealing Broadway has also partnered with Act for Ealing on a sustainable fashion mural competition. A chance for young people based in Ealing to submit design ideas for a new mural which will be displayed in Ealing Broadway, entrants are encouraged to be as creative as possible, with all entries to be submitted by 11.59pm Sunday 23rd October.

The mural will aim to draw attention to the importance of sustainable fashion and how the local community can reduce their carbon footprint by avoiding fast fashion and choosing secondhand clothing items instead.

In addition to the above partnerships, Ealing Broadway's Ride&Park facility also aims to encourage locals and visitors to become more sustainable by travelling to the centre by bicycle or scooter.

A safe space for storing bicycles and scooters, Ride&Park can be found on the ground floor of the centre next to Chantal Cafe in St. Saviour's Walk via Town Square.

The facility is fitted with CCTV and provides 48 bike spaces and 10 scooter spaces, which can be stored for free for up to 48 hours. After celebrating one year since its opening in June, the facility has seen many visitors in the past year, with countless locals using the repair station to keep their bicycles in top condition.

Andrew Rollings, centre director at Ealing Broadway, said: "Supporting the community in reducing their environmental impact is extremely important to us at Ealing Broadway, and our partnerships that enable us to do this are a key part of our success.

"As a centre, we are committed to working towards a more sustainable future and we want to encourage our visitors to do the same. By shining a spotlight on Love Not Landfill, and the work we do with Act for Ealing, we hope to drive awareness of the important work taking place locally.."

Lizzy Woods, Communications and Campaigns Executive.at Love Not Landfill, said: "Our Ealing Broadway clothes banks are some of the most used banks in the whole of London and it's been great to see locals donating their unwanted clothes so they can go onto a new home or be reused for another purpose.

"Moving forward, we're looking forward to co-hosting swap events over the next few months to increase circularity in Ealing and are excited to see our partnership with Ealing Broadway continue to flourish."

ENDS

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For more information, please contact:

Helen Barnes / [email protected] / 0203 627 4558

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About Ealing Broadway 

Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre in Ealing has become a major part of the local community with live music events and street food markets. There are over 70 retail, catering and leisure units and with many niche stores as well as large retailers that attract over 16 million visitors per year.

Shops include Amazon Fresh, GreenKA, Marks & Spencer, H&M, River Island, JD Sports, Pandora, Primark, Next, , Decathlon and Boots. As well as well-known brands, there are also many independent stores. Restaurants include Bread Street Café, Wagamama, Turtle Bay, Costa and Starbucks.

Just a two-minute walk from Ealing Broadway tube station and with over 600 parking spaces Monday to Friday rising to over 800 at weekends, a visit to Ealing Broadway couldn't be easier. It also provides courtesy wheelchairs on request and the centre is fully accessible to those with limited mobility.

Ealing Broadway is open Monday – Saturday 9.00am – 7.00pm and Sunday 11.00am – 5.00pm. Store opening times may vary. Food and leisure will be open later – please check retailer websites for further details.

If you'd like to keep up to date with everything that's going on at Ealing Broadway, including all of the latest offers and events, please visit www.ealingbroadwayshopping.co.uk, or find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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We create Places People Prefer, delivering the best, most sustainable places for our customers and communities. Our strategy is to leverage our best in class platform and proven expertise in development, repositioning and active management, investing behind two key themes: Campuses and Retail & Fulfilment.

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