TEXTILE WASTE
How much clothing do you throw every year?
what do you think happens to them? given to charity?
Yes, some are giving to charity, but do you know that even charities get more clothes than they can give to the needy?
There are countries that resold used clothes abroad as a second hand clothes, But developing countries are starting to ban the import of used clothes.
Most of the clothes go straight to the incinerator with no textile recycling ending up in landfill.
Textile waste is one of the big issues that fashion world has to deal with. The regulators, The designers and The fashion brands has to behave responsibly in order to find solutions In each level of the chain production process.
The consumers need also to be responsible for their choices.
We have lot of work to do in order to solve this issue as long as we want to save the planet and the people who live in.
At the rate we’re now consuming garments raced down the production lines, on to rails and into baskets and, soon enough, into landfill, it won’t get better.
We need a new textiles economy, based on circular economy principles, It would lead to better outcomes and will make the change that we are looking for.
It is urgent as we can understand and it will take time unfortunately till we will have the final solutions. Meanwhile There are some things that we, as consumers, can do immediately.
The first step to stop the madness is to buy less, to use second hand, to rent and to wear all that we already have in our closet, because the most sustainable item is the one we already own…
The second step is recycling. If you already have so many clothes and you feel that you want to get rid of them the best solution is Recycling.
It might take a little extra work but there is no other better way to take care of your old garments!
Some options on how to do it:
USE TEXTILE RECYCLING
DONATE YOUR OLD CLOTHES
TRY TO SELL THE CLOTHES TO A SECOND HAND STORE
CHECK IF THEY CAN BE COMPOSTED
At the main picture you can see a @balenciaga couch stuffed with offcut textiles from their design room floor Thanks @rvmkibbs
