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From: Fred Friedman (FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPA.GOV)
Date: Wed Jun 02 1999 - 13:26:19 EDT 

Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 13:26:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPA.GOV (Fred Friedman)
Subject: Re: Recycling no redistributing jeans (Kelly)

June 2, 1999

Dear Kelly,

What you are describing accounts for about 5% of textiles recycled . Most recycling is really reuse or reuse overseas.
Most domestic reprocessing is for industrial wipers, not for new clothing.

An example of a firm that does this very small subset of textile reuse/recycling that might include jeans is:

Crispina Designs, Housatonic, MA, 413-274-0000

another person who you might get a referral from is Laur Kerrison, Carolina Textile Recycling in SC, 803-538-8644.

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