Knetex means textile recycling in the 3rd generation. We collect, sort, store and transport resources.
Reasonableness towards resources.
Respect for the environment.
Appreciative towards people.
Motivation What drives us
With our work, we don't improve the whole world on our own — but we do an important part. We succeed in doing this by ensuring that textiles get to where they are needed, protecting the environment and its resources.
Vision How you benefit through us
We work transparently and fairly with all our partners by creating accurate weighing records, issuing credit notes and compiling monthly reports of collection statistics. Through our emergency service, we are always on call, respond quickly and meet deadlines and agreements.
What we do
We enable textile recycling by collecting old clothes and ensure a stable process chain from delivery to collection to sorting / recycling of used textiles.
The knetex story
2001
Founding of the company at Kölner Str. 119, Attendorn. At that time knetex was responsible for 200 old clothes containers in Germany.
knetex set an important milestone in 2008 with the construction of a new hall in Attendorn (Bahnstraße 1).
2008
2020
Since 2020, swap bodies have been purchased successively. The knetex contingent now consists of 200+ swap bodies.
More than 70 employees currently work for knetex. The knetex team is now responsible for over 5,000 used clothing containers. Our company now has two 40-ton trucks in order to be able to cope with the high volume of transport in the future.
2023
2024
We are doing justice to the steady growth of our company with an expansion. A new building is planned for 2023/2024.
We are certified
By creating these conditions, anyone who brings us clothing or drops it in one of our containers can be assured that the textiles will be properly reused or recycled.
General
Due to EU Regulation No. 1013/2006, the law to promote recycling management and ensure environmentally friendly management of waste (Recycling Management Act – KrWG) has applied to us since February 24th, 2012.
Conservation of resources
According to §1, the purpose of this law is to promote recycling management to protect natural resources and to ensure the protection of people and the environment in the generation and management of waste.
Economic cycle
Waste within the meaning of this law is any substance or object that the original owner wants or has to dispose of. It is classified between waste for recovery and waste for disposal. Old textiles are considered waste for recycling, which they are fed back into the economic cycle.
Annual examination
Once a year, an auditor from the technical monitoring company comes to our house and checks the year's events for correctness and completeness. By creating these conditions, anyone who throws clothing into one of our containers can be sure that the textiles will be used or recycled properly.
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Susanne de Witte
Administration management
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