Britons expected to send 235m items of clothing to landfill this spring

Study finds three-quarters of consumers throw away rather than recycle or donate unwanted garments

A predicted 235m items of Britons' unwanted clothing are expected to end up in landfill unnecessarily this spring, according to new research.

Three-quarters of consumers admit to binning their discarded garments, usually because they do not realise that worn-out or dirty clothes can be recycled or accepted by charities, a survey of 2,000 people commissioned by the supermarket Sainsbury's has found.