Overview
- Primark confirmed on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, that customers may ask store staff at checkout for extra hangers and that teams will include them free of charge where stock allows.
- The types and number of hangers available vary by branch, with shoppers able to request standard clothes hangers, trouser hangers, or single-peg clips depending on what a particular store has behind the counter.
- Retail staff often prefer to give away surplus plastic hangers because stores face disposal charges for excess stock, which makes redistribution cheaper than paying to discard them.
- Coverage cites wider waste figures used for context, noting reports that roughly 34 billion plastic hangers are discarded globally each year and that a large share are thrown away rather than recycled.
- Shoppers seeking free hangers can also turn to charity shops and local dry cleaners that commonly have surplus items, and longer-term solutions include switching to hangers made from bamboo, recycled cardboard, bioplastics, or certified wood.