UFF-Humana Denmark

What UFF-Humana Denmark does

UFF-Humana Denmark (legal name: Ulandshjælp fra Folk til Folk – Humana People to People) is a Danish non-profit association founded in 1977, headquartered in Køge, Region Zealand, with eight employees. It pursues three stated purposes: foreign development aid, environmental protection, and public information/awareness work. Its core operational activity is the collection of used clothing, shoes, and textiles through a network of donation containers placed across Denmark, supplemented by a direct pickup service and container-hosting partnerships with housing associations, companies, and municipalities. The organization explicitly registers with the Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen) as a "Collector without preprocessing facility" and reports collected textile volumes annually to the waste data system.

Collected textiles are packaged and sold to professional sorting facilities in four European countries — Poland, Bulgaria, Lithuania, and Slovenia — with the sorted output subsequently distributed to resale markets including African countries. Sale of collected textiles is the primary revenue stream, supplemented by individual monetary donations (one-time and recurring, solicited via newsletter and Facebook) and project grants from bodies such as CISU (Civilsamfund i Udvikling) for activities including emergency aid, information materials, and equipment transport. Development projects are implemented through long-standing local partners — DAPP Zimbabwe and ADPP Guinea-Bissau — covering education, food security, and health initiatives in Zimbabwe, Guinea-Bissau, and Namibia.

A defining operational feature is the annual Mepex Textile Transparency Report, prepared by external consultant Mepex Consult AS, which documents the distribution of collected textiles between reuse, recycling, and waste streams. Distribution channels are primarily physical (containers and pickup) with light digital support via the uff.dk website, newsletter, and a Facebook page. Public-policy engagement has been elevated through recent participation in LOOP Forum 2026 and Folkemødet 2026, alongside a published commentary in WasteTech. There are no technology products, AI/ML capabilities, or capital-raising instruments evidenced; the entity is a private non-profit association without subsidiaries, external investors, or parent-company ownership.

Name

UFF-Humana Denmark

Legal name

Ulandshjælp fra Folk til Folk – Humana People to People

Website

https://uff.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

UFF-Humana Denmark is a Køge-based non-profit, founded in 1977, that collects used clothing and textiles through donation containers across Denmark, sells them to European sorting facilities, and channels the proceeds into development projects in Zimbabwe, Guinea-Bissau, and Namibia via local partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Textile Recycling and Reuse

SIC

Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods & Notions (5130)

akta.pro primary industry

Post-Consumer Textile Collection & Sorting (Take-Back/Charity/Reverse Logistics) (IMAOAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Textile & Apparel Recycling and Sorting (Non-E-waste) (BPALADAL), Donation, Resale & Textile Recycling Coordination (HSAFABAI)

Keywords

• Textile recycling
• Used clothing collection
• Development aid
• Circular fashion
• Nonprofit fundraising

Headquarters

HQ city

Køge

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Sale of collected used clothing: UFF-Humana generates primary revenue through the collection and sale of used clothing to professional sorting facilities in Europe. Sorted textiles are sold on international markets, including African countries. Revenue supports the organization's three purposes: development aid, environmental work, and information/awareness.
2. Monetary donations: Individual donations from members and supporters, collected through appeals in newsletters and on Facebook. One-time or recurring financial contributions.
3. Grants and project funding: UFF-Humana applies for and receives project grants from organizations such as CISU (Civilsamfund i Udvikling), including funding for emergency aid, informational materials, and transport of used school furniture and hospital equipment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

UFF-Humana Denmark collects used clothing, shoes, and textiles through donation containers placed across Denmark. Collected items are packaged and sold to professional sorting facilities in Europe (Poland, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Slovenia), which then distribute reusable textiles to markets including African countries and direct non-reusable textiles to recycling. Revenue from textile sales funds the organization's three stated purposes: development aid in Zimbabwe, Guinea-Bissau, and Namibia; environmental work; and information/awareness campaigns.

Product overview

UFF-Humana Denmark operates as a charitable organization with three core purposes: foreign aid, environmental protection, and information work. The primary activity is collecting used clothing and textiles through donation containers across Denmark, which are then sorted and sold for reuse or recycling. Revenue from textile sales funds development projects in African countries (Zimbabwe, Guinea-Bissau, Namibia). The organization does not operate a technology product; rather, it offers clothing donation services, development aid programs, and environmental protection initiatives through textile recovery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Clothing and Textile Collection Network-based collection of used clothing, shoes, and textiles from donation containers across Denmark. Donated items must be clean, dry, and whole. Collected textiles are packaged and sold to professional sorting facilities in Europe (Poland, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Slovenia).
• Development Aid Projects Support for development projects in Zimbabwe, Guinea-Bissau, and Namibia focusing on education, health, food security, and community development. Implemented through local partners DAPP Zimbabwe and ADPP Guinea-Bissau.
• Clothing Container Hosting Partnership

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 95% of Ghana's population wears second-hand clothing, demonstrating the scale of demand for used textiles.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Lifestyle and Design ClusterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026UFF-Humana participated in a panel debate at LOOP Forum 2026 on the Lifestyle and Design Cluster stage about accelerating circularity in the Danish lifestyle industry.
• Levende HavminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Joint event at Folkemødet 2026 on Levende Hav's cutter Anton, where UFF-Humana shared knowledge about textiles and reuse.
• DAPP ZimbabwecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing local partner in Zimbabwe implementing development projects. UFF-Humana channels support through this organization for projects including the Ponesai Vanhu Children's Home and TCE/HOPE HIV/AIDS programs.
• ADPP Guinea-BissaucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing local partner organization in Guinea-Bissau implementing development projects supported by UFF-Humana.
• CISU (Civilsamfund i Udvikling)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUFF-Humana receives project grants from CISU for activities including emergency aid, information materials, and transport of used equipment. Collaborated on events like Folkemødet.
• Mepex Consult AScoreTechnology or IntegrationExternal consulting firm contracted annually to prepare Textile Transparency Reports that verify and document how collected textiles are distributed between reuse, recycling, and waste.
• European Sorting FacilitiescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProfessional sorting facilities in Poland, Bulgaria, Lithuania, and Slovenia that purchase and process collected textiles from UFF-Humana.
• Document 24minorGTM or Marketing PartnerProvides free testament services for UFF-Humana supporters who wish to include the organization in their will.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• I:CO (I:Collect): Global provider of used clothing and shoe collection and recycling services, working with retailers and charities to collect post-consumer textiles. Operates similar container-based collection with downstream sorting and resale.
• Texaid: Major European textile collection and sorting company operating a similar container-based collection model and operating sorting facilities in multiple European countries - one of the buyers of UFF-Humana's collected textiles.
• Røde Kors (Red Cross Denmark): Danish Red Cross operates second-hand shops and clothing collection supporting humanitarian programs, sharing UFF-Humana's combination of textile reuse revenue and charitable mission in the same Danish market.
• Kirkens Korshær (DanChurchSocial): Danish charity operating the Genbrug second-hand shop network with clothing donation and resale operations, competing for the same Danish textile donation pool as UFF-Humana.
• Boer Group: Dutch textile collector and sorter operating container-based used clothing collection across Europe with sorting facilities. Comparable business model and acts as a potential buyer for UFF-Humana's collected textiles.
• Frelsens Hær (Salvation Army Denmark): Operates a parallel used clothing collection and thrift store network in Denmark, combining charitable purpose with textile resale revenue. Most relevant Danish domestic peer by mission and channel.
• Humana People to People (Federation): The parent federation of UFF-Humana, operating the same second-hand clothing collection-and-development-aid model across multiple countries. Most directly comparable given shared origin, mission, and operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Remondis: Large European waste and recycling services company including textile collection streams. Broad incumbent in waste management that may compete for municipal and EPR-driven textile collection contracts.

Regional players

• Sysav: Swedish municipal waste management company expanding into textile sorting infrastructure for Scandinavian municipalities. Potential competitor for municipal textile collection contracts in the Nordic region.

Emerging players

• Wecyclers: Nigerian post-consumer textile and recyclables collection startup addressing similar end-of-life textile flows in West Africa. Comparable mission at the receiving end of the second-hand clothing supply chain UFF-Humana feeds.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/uffhumana
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/uff-humana

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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