Nonetheless, scrap tire dumps remain because removing and transporting them is not economically feasible without additional incentives. Textile reclamation is currently around 95 percent. Used textiles can be resold through thrift stores or transported to countries where new textiles are expensive. For example, Africa and other developing nations account for 30 to 50 percent of textiles recycled. Used textiles can also be recovered as cloth for industrial applications or as filling for furniture or sound insulation.
Textile recycling is commonplace and extremely successful.
Composting is the breaking down of organic materials such as yard grass, leaves and brush into a soil-like sediment that can be used to support the growth of additional grasses, trees and bushes. Composting is aided by the mixing of food scraps and allows for the recycling of leftovers or spoiled food supplies. Because most municipal landfills no longer accept yard wastes, there are an estimated 2,250 municipal yard waste composting sites that collect such materials along with restaurant food wastes. This compost can be in turn sold to golf courses, horticulture businesses, or used in municipal parks or as cover for municipal landfills. Emissions controls can eliminate almost all the air pollutants that result from burning and the ash can be recycled or disposed safely in a landfill.