Decathlon And So On Explore The New Mode Of Recycling. China Textile Joint Commission Launched The "Old Clothes Zero Abandon" Brand Special Action

Construction of recycling system for recycling, sorting, production, and procurement of recycled products in waste textiles was promoted. In January 6th, it was sponsored by the China Textile Industry Federation environmental protection and resource conservation Promotion Committee (hereinafter referred to as "China Textile cooperation committee"), supported by the world natural fund and China Foundation for poverty alleviation, and jointly launched the brand of "old clothes zero abandonment" jointly launched by clothing brands and leading enterprises in the industry. The launching ceremony of Decathlon Decathlon long long clothing recycling public donations was held at Decathlon Decathlon Waigaoqiao flagship store. This is a pilot project of Decathlon's old clothing recycling high value recycling mode industry. It is also one of the special actions of high value utilization of "old clothes and zero abandonment" brand old clothing resources. In order to implement the "12th Five-Year development plan" of textile industry, "reduction and re"


This event is provided by Decathlon (Shanghai) Sporting Goods Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Chuang Yi Municipal Engineering Co., Ltd. carries on the direct recovery and preliminary sorting of the old clothes of the customers; the Guangde Tian Yun new technology Limited by Share Ltd is responsible for the resource utilization of the non feather old textiles (such as pallets and other industrial products); Shanghai Dong Long Textile Technology Group Co., Ltd. is responsible for the recycling of the recycled down products, which is processed into down garments for public donations, and is also evaluated by the Electronic Research Institute of the Ministry of industry and information technology for the various links of the project recycling.


The activities are aimed at jointly promoting the pilot project of the industrial application of waste textiles recycling, taking the lead of retail brand to carry out the public welfare actions of old clothing recycling, regulating the textile recovery, sorting and recycling mechanism, exploring the establishment of closed loop mode of recycling and utilization of waste textiles, promoting the construction of the green value chain of recycled textile products, promoting the green design of products and the sustainable use of raw materials. Through this action, the whole industry and the whole society have launched an initiative to promote the idea that old clothes are recyclable resources, advocating low-carbon lifestyle and creating a better life together.


Sun Huaibin, vice president of China Textile Industry Federation, deputy director of the Ministry of industry of the China Textile Industry Federation, Cheng Hao, director of the office of the China Textile Industry Cooperation Commission, Ren Wenwei, director of China freshwater project of WWF, Wei Wei, Decathlon brand China Sustainable Development Director, Decathlon brand Pilates sports manager Miu Yuhua, project director of electronic Fifth Research Institute of Ministry of industry and information technology, assistant general manager of Shanghai Dong Long Textile Technology Group Co., Ltd., Guangde Tian Yun new technology Limited by Share Ltd chairman and other guests attended the event.


Decathlon Tung Lung old clothes recycling


Opening the brand of "old clothes zero abandonment"


In his speech, sun Huaibin, vice chairman of the China Textile Industry Federation, emphasized the goal and significance of the brand action plan of "zero abandonment of old clothes". He concluded that, first of all, this is an industrial chain cooperation project spanning many industries, especially with influential international brand Decathlon. Secondly, this is a real closed loop pilot project of recycling old clothing resources (docking with the textile industry system). Once again, it is the embodiment of "zero" abandonment of old clothes, so that the maximum utilization ratio can be achieved, forming multiple recycling uses, such as recycled down, polyester, cotton and so on. Finally, the whole recycling process will be tracked, and the whole value chain can be evaluated, so as to provide reference for the establishment of commercial mode for the utilization of old clothes. In addition, the textile production process requires a large amount of resource consumption, the recycling of waste clothing can protect the diversity of organisms, and it is of great significance for changing the concept of downstream consumption and advocating resource conservation.


Sun Huaibin further explained that the core of zero waste is to maximize the effective use of resources and minimize the waste of waste resources. Zero abandonment is both a goal and a plan of action. Action plans include precise classification, reduction, recycling of resources, harmless disposal, changes in consumption habits and design of products. This requires the participation of the whole industry and the whole society. He pointed out that the first thing is to reduce or eliminate the disposal costs and the environmental burdens brought by landfills or incineration through the utilization of the old clothing resources of the brand stores and the electricity suppliers, and find innovative solutions to make the old clothing resources and high-value utilization, so as to ensure that it does not increase the significant impact on the environment caused by the textile industry. Two, it is to realize the high value utilization of the old clothing recycling, and according to the high value utilization channels and the standards of the raw materials for the regenerated products, and to disassemble the raw materials through industrial sorting, and make the related recycled products as raw materials. For example, the old down textile products are recycled to produce recycled eiderdown, or cotton textiles in old textiles are recycled to produce new regenerated cotton yarns, and old polyester clothing is recycled into polyester fibers to produce new industrial textiles or wood plastic replacement products. The three is to explore the supply chain of old clothing recycling and recycling, and establish a closed loop mode and evaluation report of traceable old clothing high value recycling.


Ren Wenwei, director of China's freshwater project, WWF, said in his speech that in December 2019, the fourth Taihu International Forum, CO sponsored by the world natural resources foundation (WWF) and the China Textile Industry Federation, was released to the whole industry and the whole society the proposal for the plan of comprehensive utilization of waste textiles (feather and down) with zero abandonment of old clothes. A pilot project for the comprehensive utilization of waste textiles (feather and down) was launched. He said that the textile production process requires a lot of resource consumption, including land resources, water resources and other aspects of the impact, how to recycle waste and waste clothing, WWF has done a lot of attempts in the past. Around the transformation of the market, they made a survey and found that the global production links or consumption links related to human social consciousness are controlled by 300 or 500 brands or retailers worldwide. To protect the earth, producers are only tens of millions of millions, but consumers have hundreds of millions of one billion. This activity is very inspiring to promote the transformation of the whole market through Decathlon brand. As an international organization, WWF is very willing to work together with the China Textile Alliance, the Environmental Protection Commission and more brands to promote this meaningful event.


Wei Wei, director of sustainable development of Decathlon brand China, introduced Decathlon's goal of donating public goods to old clothes recycling. He said Decathlon came from France and is the largest retail sporting goods retailer in the world. By the end of 2018, Decathlon had opened over 1500 entities in 51 countries and regions. In China, Decathlon has been stationed in 107 cities with about 300 shopping centers, and has provided services for sports enthusiasts in over 400 cities through e-commerce platforms. In terms of its own waste disposal, Decathlon has a clothes rack recycling project. Since 2017, about 400 tons of clothes hangers have been recovered. These recycled clothes hangers have been recycled through industrial treatment. In addition, Decathlon insists on inflating bed recycling in products, giving these wastes second lives. He thinks there is no waste in this world, only the resources that are misplaced. Although Decathlon tried to recycle old clothes in 2018, the effect was not good. The main reason is that the existing supply chain ecosystem can not handle all kinds of clothes, and only a small part can be reattached to the industrial chain as part of the raw materials after recycling. The cooperation between Decathlon and China Textile Alliance is to expand Decathlon's environmental action ecosystem and make full use of the rich resources of the industry organization platform, so that more recycled clothing can give full play to their value. He pointed out that in the neighborhood of sustainable development, there is no national boundaries. We have only one goal to make this zero waste project together, that is to create a better planet together.


Guo Hong, assistant general manager of Shanghai Dong Long Textile Technology Group Co., Ltd. introduced the joint use of Decathlon to carry out recycling and recycling of old clothes. She said that it was a great honor for Shanghai Dong Long Textile Technology Group Limited to participate in this very meaningful event. As an industry leading enterprise with a history of more than 20 years, it is known as "industry weathervane" and "down country power craftsman". Dong Long, as a supplier of fabrics, garments and home textile products, has been practicing the group's sustainable development for many years. Since 2006, it has set up a sustainable development department to guide the energy conservation and emission reduction work of 13 sub branches of the group, and has launched many products with many brands to use recycled polyester, regenerated cotton and recycled down products. As we all know, feather down is the best thermal material in the world. Because it is a byproduct of the duck geese food industry, the supply is limited. The characteristics of feather determine that this material has a long service life, and many European down quilts can be passed on to the next generation. Up to now, hundreds of duvet shops have also been found in various European towns. In 2018, the consumption of Chinese down garments was 70 million. If we were to be eliminated in six or seven years, 10 million old down coats would be abandoned each year, about 1000 tons of 60% velvet raw materials and 2000 tons of nylon / polyester fabrics were burned or buried, resulting in serious waste of resources and environmental pollution. To this end, in 2018, under the guidance of the China Textile Alliance's Environmental Protection Committee, Tung Lung launched the special plan of "zero dumping of old clothes". So far, Shanghai Dong Long Textile Technology Group Co., Ltd. has completed the automatic down garment dismantling equipment, and has completed the technological research and development of the sorting, disinfection, cleaning and impurity removal of the old feather, and has also obtained the GRS certification. From 2020, it will provide regenerated feather products for TAGET, ZARA and other brands.


Decathlon brand old clothes Recycling Forum


Discussion on closed loop feasibility of recycling


Finally, we held a symposium on the construction of the closed loop system of Decathlon's old clothes recycling and recycling, which mainly discussed the commercial feasibility of recycling the brand old clothes and establishing a closed loop recycling system.


At the symposium, Sun Huaibin, vice president of the China Textile Industry Federation, said, "zero abandonment of old clothes" was put forward by the China Textile Industry Federation at the launching ceremony of "brand clothing enterprises' old clothes recycling activities" in 2014. As a slogan of publicity and action, we hope to guide the industry and society to promote the zero waste of waste textiles in the sense of circular economy. Through this activity, "zero abandonment of old clothes" into the school and into the community has aroused widespread concern in the society, publicized the concept of green consumption, nurtured the awareness of environmental protection of the masses, and made charitable donations to help students and families in poor areas. This is an exploration of China's textile and garment industry's comprehensive utilization of resources and the development of public welfare activities. The aim is to achieve the win-win situation of industry and charity through the independent recovery activities of brand enterprises.


Cheng Hao, deputy director of the Ministry of industry of China Textile Industry Federation, introduced the background of choosing a pilot project in Decathlon. In October 2018, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on climate change (IPCC) released a report that if climate change continues at the current rate, it is expected that global temperature will rise by 1.5 degrees C from 2030 to 2052. This warming may lead to an inevitable change in the human ecosystem. The report shows that if there is no large-scale collective effort, the collective agreement to control global warming at 2 C can not be achieved. By 2030, we will still have 11 years to cope with climate change. As a result, in December 2018, the China Federation of textile industry (WWF) jointly launched the action plan for the comprehensive utilization of the "old clothes zero abandonment" feather and down textiles, actively promoted the concept of green design, publicizing the green consumption mode, and advocated the green living mode. In the same year, Decathlon formulated the target of carbon dioxide reduction in 2018. By working with ADEME (French environment and energy management agency) and other companies in the control industry, we create a new product environment label, and encourage the adoption of the design strategy of the responsible person in the brand, adopt more sustainable raw materials, and explore more environmentally friendly production methods. A series of environmental behaviors of Decathlon are very compatible with the action plan of the comprehensive utilization of waste textiles advocated by the China Textile and Environmental Protection Commission.


Wei Wei, director of sustainable development at Decathlon, said Decathlon used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as one of the first challenges in 2013. In 2017, Decathlon increased its supervision over emissions measurement and extended these measures to Decathlon products suppliers in 2018. In 2018, under the guidance of the scientific carbon target (SBT), Decathlon decided to update its emission reduction targets and submit new targets to SBT's panel of experts and listen to their views. The scientific carbon target (SBT) is to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C. This provides an opportunity for Decathlon to take account of carbon footprint and adjust its strategy. During the New York climate conference, Decathlon also made a climate commitment. The SBT initiative approved two of Shan Di Cannon's commitment to climate change. Based on this, Decathlon began to promote sustainable development projects in the whole industry chain, especially at the retail end. Decathlon will mainly promote in several aspects: use clean energy; encourage consumers to buy our eco design products; encourage recycling economy; promote waste recycling management at the same time while doing their own waste management well.


Wei Wei said, as of now, outside the stores and warehouses, Decathlon production offices, brand departments and electronic business are all included in the carbon emission data tracking system; in 2018, the amount of carbon dioxide emissions from each commodity sold was 1.48 kg, down 2% from the same period (excluding the carbon content of the product itself); 100%, the strategic cooperative suppliers can independently record the carbon emission data. In addition, in September 2018, the Decathlon scrap recycling project was officially launched, and these "wastes" will be broken into raw materials and rewoven into yarns. In the future, Decathlon will greatly promote the ecological design of sports and clothing products, and promote the recycling of its products and recycling of resources.


Pan Jianxin, chairman of Guangde Tian Yun new technology Limited by Share Ltd, said that its company has developed R & D products for the regeneration of old textiles, waste plastics and other raw materials. Now 99.5% of the raw materials are waste plastics and old clothing materials, and can produce wood and plastic products with an annual output of 60 thousand tons, providing technical support for the goal of "zero" abandonment.


Guo Hong, assistant general manager of Shanghai Dong Long Textile Technology Group Co., Ltd., said that the down jacket has gradually changed from the initial warming function to more fashionable, and the replacement rate has been speeded up. The rate of elimination is very high. Therefore, it has great significance to recycle the down material. Dong Long is responsible for the demolition of the old down garment, the sorting of the down and down garments, and the production of garments. The new down garments are donated to the people in need, which not only reduces the waste, but also warms others. In 2020, Dong Long will build a pilot demonstration center for the standardized dismantling and recycling of down and down products, and cooperate with the development of the related standard system for the down and regenerated products of waste textiles.


Jiang Tao, director of the electronic Fifth Research Institute of the Ministry of industry and information technology, pointed out that the project involves the collaboration of several industries, extends the green supply chain, and forms several closed loop modes of recycling. It is not a single old clothing to regenerate clothes, but a new concept, which is a resource recycling mode with multiple life cycles and different products. To this end, the brand should play a leading role in considering the economic and environmental benefits. At the same time, we should not only carry out product green design, but also expand the management of green service providers (regenerative product design).