City of Onkaparinga is one of eight councils joining a trial of recycling old bathroom, bedroom and kitchen linens.

Residents are asked to clean out their linen cupboards and take part in the free Give a Sheet for the Planet linen drive, on Saturday 25 May. 

The nearest drop-off point will be the City of Onkaparinga's Field Operations Centre at Railway Road, Seaford Meadows, from 9am to 3pm.

The drive is an initiative of Green Industries SA and Australian textile recycling company BlockTexx.

Textile waste is a growing environmental issue, with large amounts going into landfill.

It can’t be recycled via council kerbside bins and around half of textiles donated to charity shops are unfit for resale.

Material collected on the day of the linen drive will be recycled via a chemical recycling process that separates polyester from cotton, and then re-manufacturers the fibres back into high grade raw materials.

All types of pure and blended polyester and cotton linen can be dropped off at any of the eight sites across Adelaide.

This includes face cloths, hand towels and bath towels; bed sheets, quilt and doona covers, pillow cases and bedspreads; tea towels and tablecloths.

It does not include clothing and footwear; doonas and pillows; mattresses and mattress protectors; woollen blankets; or cleaning cloths.

All the linen dropped off must be clean but it doesn’t matter if it is torn or damaged.

Find out more about the linen drive on the Green Industries website.