Due to the need to protect the ecological environment, the textile industry is gradually transforming from a traditional industry to an ecological industry. In recent years, environmental protection rectification work in the textile industry in various regions has been steadily progressing, and the results are obvious to all. However, it is not enough to just check the environmental protection in the textile production chain. The news these days that fast fashion brands destroy 60 billion pieces of clothing every year is sobering. The recycling rate of waste textiles is shockingly low, which is a waste of resources. , where to start talking about environmental protection?
Waste textiles eventually go where?
Not only talk about fast fashion brands wasting clothing resources, but also talk about the consequences of ordinary people’s useless clothes, probably mainly only Burn or throw away both. Burning textiles, as we all know, most of today’s clothes are made of chemical fiber, but after burning, they will release a large amount of toxic gases with complex chemical composition, and the pungent odor can spread far, which is harmful to the environment and human body. So if you throw away your old clothes, won’t it pollute the environment? Big mistake! A large amount of water will be consumed during the production of clothing, and wastewater containing heavy metals such as cadmium, chromium, and mercury will also be formed. The production of clothing itself has high environmental costs. If it is not cherished by people, but thrown away. Waste will indirectly pollute and disrespect the environment.
According to statistics, my country’s textile recycling rate is less than 10%, and there is a clear gap with developed countries. According to calculations by the China Textile and Apparel Industry Federation, if all waste textiles in my country can be recycled, it will be equivalent to saving 24 million tons of crude oil, saving nearly one-third of the cotton planting area, and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 80 million tons every year. It can be seen that improving the recycling rate of textiles in my country is an urgent matter to join the environmental protection process.
What can we do to improve the recycling rate of waste textiles?
First of all, fast fashion clothing brands, which account for a large proportion of the number of clothing on the market, must enhance the sustainability of the clothing they sell. The well-known fast fashion brands ZARA and H&M’s sustainable clothing series account for a very small proportion. Zara’s sustainable clothing products account for 1.5% of its total products, while H&M’s environmentally friendly series products only account for 3.5%. Some people say that fast fashion products are naturally hostile to environmental protection because they are updated so quickly. However, without hindering the normal development of the fast fashion business model, if it can increase the proportion of sustainable series of products in its brand, it can be regarded as contributing to environmental protection. In addition, regarding the disposal of outdated clothing in stock, discarded clothing is not equal to garbage. Clothes that are no longer for sale can also be directly destroyed and reused, or they can be donated. Well-known brands should take the lead and improve the recycling of waste textiles. Reuse rate.
Secondly, ordinary people can also do their part to recycle used clothing. We can put the clothes we want to discard into the old clothes recycling bin, donate the unworn clothes to children in mountainous areas, or reuse the old clothes ourselves. The unworn sweaters can be disassembled and woven into cushions, and old jeans can be made. They can be made into unique bags, unworn T-shirts can be cut into rags, etc. Most of the waste textiles can be turned into treasure through different processing methods.
During this period, “green textile” has become a high-frequency word in the textile industry, and “green” has been integrated throughout the industry to improve the recycling of waste textiles. Efficiency and doing the best we can is what we need to work together and persist in the future.
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