Recycled wool

Textile recycling is an important mechanism for reducing the need for raw wool in manufacturing.

[1][2] It was the dominant industry of Batley and neighbouring towns in the West Riding of Yorkshire, known as the Heavy Woollen District, throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries.

[3][4][5][6] Following its decline in the United Kingdom, the centre of the shoddy trade shifted to the city of Panipat in India.

[7][8] Efforts have been made to revive the British recycled wool industry in the 21st century.

[3][10] The common name was shoddy, which became a generalised term for poor quality goods.