Landfilling clothing at its end-of-life has a huge environmental impact: some textiles need more than 50 years to decompose, and emit methane as they break down. Toxic substances from these items pollute soil and groundwater, and can have far-ranging impacts. Bulgaria-based TexCycle aims to combat this by collecting used clothing from designated bins placed around municipalities. The items are then either sold as second-hand clothing, reused as rags, turned into recycled fibres or filling, or as a last resort, used as a source of energy. The service accepts clothes, shoes, bags, accessories and evening some household textiles such as curtains.