Collection of used clothes

At Trasborg we are specialized in collection of used clothes, which we sort and export to other countries, as our goal is to limit the environmental impact. We are the leading company within used, Danish quality clothes. We were founded in 1917, and Trasborg is thereby also Denmark’s and Scandiniavia’s oldest company in this business.

Sorting and packing

Clothes is donated

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Used clothes is donated by people that no longer use it.
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Clothes is stored

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Used clothes is stored in our containers which are located all over the country.
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Clothes is collected

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We collect the clothes and transport it to the company.

Collected clothes

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The collected clothes arrives to Trasborg and the sorting process begins.
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Sorting and packing

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All the second hand clothes is sorted and packaged. Now it is ready to be send out to the customers.
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20% to energy

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About 20% of the used clothes can’t be recycled. All the waste is burned and transformed to energy.

Export and donation

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Export to Europe

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The majority of the second hand clothes is exported to different countries in europe.
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Export to Africa

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A smaller part is exported to Africa.
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Donation for 40 years

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700.000 DKK to Verdens Børn" content="For over 40 years we have supported Verdens Børn which is a Danish relief organization. Every year Trasborg donates 700.000 DKK excl. VAT. We also support them by other means in addition to the said amount.