Deal with used clothes? A non-profit organization made a sample survey of 500 Americans and Canadians. over 200 respondents said they were unwilling to walk more than 10 minutes to donate clothes. but prefer to throw them in the community service center, or into the garbage collection station.
How do we deal with used clothes?
Japan
There are more than 3,000 second-hand clothing shops in Japan, and a growing number of companies are making efforts to recycle used clothing. Some shop owners even have formed trade unions that earn more than $200 million annually.
Deal with used clothes Belgium
Deal with used clothes.There are many recycling bins on the streets and roadside. Residents just put their used clothes into the bins and wait for recycling companies to collect them. Some of the selected used clothes are sent to the second-hand shops of the recycling company for sale; the other part is transferred to the factory for reuse.
These clothes of the recycling center are mainly exported to Africa, some of the shirts, blouses and dresses will eventually be sold at retail prices. For damaged clothes ,they will be placed somewhere to be stockpiled and may end up as cleaning stuffs.
Deal with used clothes in Switzerland
There are currently 2,500 recycling bins across Switzerland. So almost all of their used clothes are reused instead of being thrown into the garbage. The collected clothes are first transported to the factory in Shatdorf Uri, to be sorted and processed, after that workers will roughly divide the bundles of clothes into “wearable” and “recyclable”. Then workers will resort these clothes according to their fabric and quality.
Deal with used clothes in USA
Deal with used clothes in China
According to incomplete statistics, if the average life of a piece of clothing is 3 to 4 years. The average person in China will buy 5 to 10 pieces of new clothing. And discard 3 to 5 pieces of old clothes every year. In 2018, the cumulative amount of used textiles produced in China is about 100 million tons. This is a social problem. 2021, the discarding of old textiles in China will be even more seriou What to do with old textiles has become a worry for the Chinese.
Fortunately, textile waste has been solved to a certain extent. hissen global, one of the best exporters of second-hand clothing, uses recycled clothes for sorting and cooperation with customers in African countries through a professional team, with a win-win situation for China and some African countries.
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Conclusion
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