Experts Advocate Old Clothes Recycling To Relieve Environmental Pressure

The annual production of so many old clothes will not only bring good economic and social benefits, but also reduce the urban garbage, so that it can save resources and protect the environment. In fact, this practice is low carbon life.

In the interview, many people said that the lack of management in the old clothes market led to huge waste of energy. It is also possible to set up a special old clothes recycling company to collect the old clothes of the citizens' homes, pick up a part of the two sales or donate the old clothes to the poor areas, and recycle and reuse the old clothes, so that they can enter the specialized factories to recycle and reuse the resources, and turn them into insulating materials, rough cloth rugs, daily rag and so on.

Buying second-hand clothes is very popular in European and American markets. Belgium, which has a population of only about 10000000, has 15 thousand tons of recycled clothing every year. In many Belgian roadsides, old clothes recycling boxes are placed. Residents can put old clothes in boxes and collect them by recycling companies. Some of the old clothes selected are sold to second-hand stores in the recycling company, and some are transferred to professional factories for reuse.

In Japan, there are more than 2000 second-hand clothing stores. Shopkeepers are optimistic about the individualized existence of stores. They also set up an industry federation, with annual sales of over $200 million.

However, the author consulted several waste materials recycling companies, and they all said they did not carry out the business of recycling old clothes, mainly recycling waste metals. The relevant people of the city charitable association are very endorsed to the establishment of an old clothing recycling company. He believes that recycling of old clothes is in line with the current trend of environmental protection.

The relevant personages also suggested that strict rules should be issued for the transaction of old clothes. Old clothes should be recovered, cleaned and sterilized by lawful and standardized organizations, and then allowed to go public. At the same time, the public should be encouraged to change the concept of old clothes, encourage people to make innovations in their old clothes, transform old clothes and old shoes into personalized fashion products. In some cities in China, a new tailoring profession has already appeared in the transformation of old clothes. This will greatly reduce the cost of handling old clothes in society and reduce environmental pressure.