Salvation Army attacked over clothes recycling profits
Scandal has rocked the charity sector in the UK after it emerged that the UK leg of the Salvation Army had paid nearly £10million to a private textile trader to aid with its clothing recycling scheme.
Now the Salvation Army is facing widespread calls to explain how it permits a private businessman to establish a multi-million pound textile empire on its donation-based recycling scheme. A leading UK broadsheet has now launched an investigation into Nigel Hanger’s business, which partners with recycling banks like the Salvation Army in a move that has made him and his three partners nearly £10million.
The deal encompasses the charity’s 4,500 clothing recycling banks, but signs on the banks say that the profits are used to aid the Salvation Army’s efforts to help the needy.
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