Wed 23 Jul 2008
We’ve had an email from Derek asking about large scale recycling:
hello. i work in heavy industry and we use thousands of pairs of work gloves, most are thrown away when torn, but a lot are thrown away when covered in substances like oil or just dirt. could you tell me if these gloves could be cleaned and recycled or cleaned and used for other purposes.
I don’t know for sure but I suspect the fabric of all the gloves, whether torn or not, could be reclaimed - shredded up to make insulation if nothing else. Anyone know for sure?
Any other ideas about recycling - or reusing them on a large scale?
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Nick
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Check around your area to see if there are any industrial laundry facilities. I have a friend who owns one in SW Michigan, and they work with a lot of different companies to clean their dirty, oily gloves, towels, etc.
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Gulia
July 24th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Throw them into garden shredder, and use as mulch.
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Thomas Ward
July 28th, 2008 at 12:01 am
I had always wondered the same thing, too, since I own a million things made of neoprene (work gloves, sunglasses cases, etc.). Upon researching the Internet, I came across a company called M.L. Winters, located at http://www.mlwinters.com, that specializes in industrial cleaning.
You may want to look into sending your gloves in to their ReZorb program, which specializes in cleaning and/or recycling of old neoprene work gloves.
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Rob
July 30th, 2008 at 1:28 am
I have work gloves that are washable work gloves. BUt as for others like the one in the pick- I am afraid there is no use for them. I like Gulia’sshred it and use as mulch suggestion!
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Dianne Guy
November 10th, 2008 at 5:41 am
I used mine up last year by attaching a cord to the wrist end and hanging them in the tree`s , the birds nested in them and one glove have 3 different birds hatch their young in it in one season, it was great to watch them through my bioknocks
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