Textile Recycling Committee Promotes Waste Garment Recycling

In order to promote the recovery of clothing and other textiles after consumption, the US textile recycling Commission (CTR) has launched a professional website dedicated to the recycling of waste clothing and to educate consumers to pay attention to the reuse of clothing.

The textile recycling Committee of the United States is a non-profit organization in Beller, Maryland, which aims to raise awareness of the elimination of textile wastes from solid waste logistics.

CTR chairman Eric Stubin said: "our target By 2037, after zero consumption, textile wastes will enter the landfills. In the United States, an average of 31.7 kilograms of old clothes, shoes and household textiles are discarded to landfill every year. We educate people that clothing and textiles are the most recyclable items in their homes.

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the United States produced 11 million 330 thousand tons of clothing and household textiles in 2009, and the number will increase to 15 million 870 thousand tons by 2019. At present, there are more than 9 million 520 thousand tons of clothing every year. Spin They are discarded in American landfills, which account for 5.2% of the total landfill space. Only about 15% of the textiles after consumption are recycled. In 1999 ~2009, the total consumption of textile waste increased by 40%, while the total recycled textile waste grew by only 2%.

Stubin said: "this is the first time in history that all sectors of the clothing industry, including consumers, manufacturers, charities, retailers and recycling agencies, have joined together to recycle old clothes. If consumption People, municipalities and the garment industry together to recycle and promote clothing donation and recycling market, we will significantly improve the reuse of textile waste. "