What We Do
Liberties Recycling is a social enterprise and drug and alcohol rehabilitation initiative involved in clothes recycling. The organisation provides employment, accredited training and rehabilitation supports to prepare those affected by drug and alcohol use for mainstream opportunities. Over 65 people are currently employed by Liberties Recycling.
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Liberties Recycling collects, sorts, grades and packs used clothing and footwear for reuse in clothes markets in developing countries and for reprocessing into products including mattresses and insulation. Surplus cotton material is cut and baled into cleaning wipes for local customers including Dublin Bus, motor factors and cleaning companies.
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“In 2010 the rehabilitation programme was restructured to provide a more recovery based model enabling people to reduce and eliminate their medication over time”
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Each year Liberties Participants gain over 100 certified training awards in subjects as diverse as forklift driving, Fetac Computer Applications and Maths, Sage Payroll and ECDL.
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Liberties Recycling collects clothes through its network of clothes recycling banks, through school and door to door collections and through service agreements with charity shops such as the Irish Cancer Society. Donations are also accepted in our charity shop on Camden Street, Dublin 2 and in our recycling facility in the Bluebell Industrial estate, Dublin 12.
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Liberties Recycling collects, sorts, grades and packs used clothing and footwear for reuse in clothes markets in developing countries.
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Liberties Recycling produces 10kg bales of compact cleaning wipes made from recycled material. We offer two types.
I knew I couldn’t cope with addiction anymore. Within a short period I was broken, mentally, physically, spiritually.
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