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The merry-go-round of new apparel ranges the industry spews out at a dizzying rate is fueling an addiction to clothes and a perceived need to constantly be at the cutting edge of fashion. As a result, people around the world collectively consume more than 80 billion items of clothing each year, and those items are increasingly seen as disposable.
We need to slow things down and become more aware of the negative impacts of our actions. That does not mean taking the fun out of buying clothes. It just means becoming less impulsive in our shopping habits and thinking twice before paying $4.99 for another cheap top to add to our already cluttered closets.
We are seeing an immense amount of innovation, ranging from the development of less toxic materials, to new technologies that can transform old clothes into new garments, in a similar way to paper recycling.
There is also an emerging movement, supported by organizations such as Fashion Revolution, to find alternatives to buying new clothes. These range from going to thrift stores, swapping clothes with your friends or work colleagues, and renting clothes for a special occasion.
Fashion cycles and consumer habits have drastically changed over the past decade or two. Did you know we produce clothes faster and more cheaply, and in larger quantities than ever before Fast fashion brands have flooded the market and with them a deluge of waste, pollution, and carbon emissions. There are even ultra-fast-fashion brands now!
If you want to be as eco-friendly as possible, there is only one thing you need to remember: use your clothes until they are worn out. That is more important than all other aspects, such as how and where the clothes were manufactured and the materials they are made of.
According to the EPA, more than nine million tons of clothes ended up in landfills in a year. It's not only bad for the planet, but also maybe a lost opportunity to make some money by selling your old threads.
An online thrift store with a difference, 2nd Street sources their second-hand clothes from Japan. Pieces include well known international brands such as Issey Miyake, Undercover, Comme des Garcons, Helmut Lang and more.
With a mixture of both high street and luxury brands on offer, Thrift+ is one of the best places in the UK to do second-hand clothes shopping online. In fact, it claims to be the largest second-hand fashion store in the UK with over 250,000 used clothing items in stock.
This well-known charity shop operates out of the UK but ships internationally. It not only sells quality second-hand clothes for men, women and children, but it also has a huge range of accessories, as well and books and toys for children.
One person's trash is another person's treasure. Instead of discarding unwanted appliances, tools or clothes, try selling or donating them. Not only will you be reducing waste, you'll be helping others. Local churches, community centers, thrift stores, schools and nonprofit organizations may accept a variety of donated items, including used books, working electronics and unneeded furniture.
But after you cull your wardrobe, whether it be from too much heat or being inspired by a rewatch of Tidying Up With Marie Kondo or just regular spring cleaning, what do you do with the clothes you no longer want
So before you go to donate all your unwanted clothes at the nearest Goodwill, make sure to take the time to go through all of your discarded clothing and pick out the more recent pieces that are still in good condition that would have the best chance of being resold.
Helpsy, a certified B Corporation, is currently the largest clothing and textile collector in the Northeast US. They collected over 25 million pounds of clothes last year alone! If you want to learn more about Helpsy and their background, listen to our conversation with CEO and Founder, Alex Husted! And if you work for a clothing company, contact Helpsy to set up a customized Retail Program to keep your clothes out of landfills.
For a fun and social way to get rid of your old clothes, consider hosting a clothing swap. Call your friends and family to gather their unwanted clothing and accessories that are in good, clean condition and breathe new life into your closet with your new secondhand finds.
Local thrift stores and consignment shops are always an option as well, but make sure to contact them to see if they have any policies before you bring in all your old clothes. Too Good to be Threw, for example, only accepts items purchased within the past three years.
Hopefully these options gave you some ideas for those clothes that are on their way out or at least helped with the process. After conquering the clean-out process, keep Option #9 in mind as you go forward and save yourself the trouble of a second go-around.
As it stands now, the vast majority of our clothes are worn only a few times before being tossed away. Each year more than 18,000 tons of textile waste heads to landfill...in the city of Phoenix, Arizona, alone. Zoom out to the rest of America, and closer to 14.4 million tons1 of textiles are trashed annually. So the fewer clothes we buy in the first place, the better. And for those times when we do have old garments to get rid of, the landfill should really be the last resort. First, look into the clothing recycling systems near you using this guide.
Unlike curbside recycling programs that turn plastic bottles into new plastic bottles, aluminum cans into new aluminum cans, etc., old clothes hardly ever become clothes again. When clothes are broken down, their fibers get shorter, making them difficult to reassemble into a sturdy new piece. More often, they're \"downcycled\" into items of lesser value, such as insulation, rags, and mattress stuffing for their next (and likely last) life.
In order to get these true recycling numbers up, some fashion brands are working toward a completely circular model of designing clothes that can be broken down and reassembled. So far, this is relatively rare: For Days, Eileen Fisher, and MUD Jeans are some of the few companies attempting it at scale.
In the meantime, a growing number of brands are partnering with independent recycling companies to give customers the option of sending in their old clothes to be recycled (again, most often downcycled) for store credit. \"Brands are in the best position to offer incentives to customers to recycle and have the framework to establish the logistics and marketplace to make sure items are recycled and not landfilled,\" Eisenberg explains of the value of these partnerships for recycling companies. For brands, they offer a way to express environmental values and attract more customers.
A quick Google search should tell you if there's a clothing recycler drop-off in your area and what they collect. They're usually located outside busy shopping centers, at weekly farmers markets, or in large apartment buildings. Search \"textile recycling options in [your area]\" to see if there's a drop-off station near you. If you don't want to go through the hassle of lugging your clothes, some recyclers also offer at-home pickup for a fee.
And here is a list of fashion companies that offer recycling. Keep in mind that some of these brands accept only their own clothes, while others will collect anything, so be sure to look into the details of their program first.
Recycling your old clothes is a way to give them at least one more life before they enter a landfill. To do so, you can either find a textile recycling drop-off center or go through a clothing store. While recycling is better than trashing, remember that it isn't a perfect solution since old clothes can't usually be turned into new clothes. Buying fewer pieces in the first place is ultimately the most sustainable fashion choice you can make.
Also, donating your old clothes to a second-hand store, like South Gate's Teen Challenge Thrift Store, instead of throwing them in the trash will keep your contribution from ending up in a landfill. Some thrift shops will even buy your old digs, cha-ching.
We price items to sell in store, and offer you between 20% and 50% of what we price items at in cash. We pay a higher percentage for high-demand brands like boutique clothes, toys, and equipment. We pay less for infant clothes and mass produced brands.
This practice is a critical pillar of sustainable and ethical fashion. And the best places to sell clothes online provide a win-win-win for over-cluttered homes, uncluttered wallets, and our rapidly-cluttering planet.
HOPKINS: And I'm honestly not sure the best way to get rid of ratty old clothes. Like, if it's old gym clothes with holes in them, like, I don't know how to recycle those. So they usually end up going in the garbage.
JASPERS: Yep, just 15 percent of textiles are recovered each year according to the EPA. Textiles as a category includes things like shoes, carpeting and stuffed animals. But clothes are a big chunk. And it's a problem. Leonard says the more we discard, the more we buy. And the production of so many clothes hurts the environment.
JASPERS: Ernst says about 5 to 10 percent of what they get at the landfill is textiles. They'll occasionally see a big load of clothes when someone's moving or cleaning out a house after a death in the family. Ernst isn't too worried about organic textiles, like wool and cotton. But he says synthetic fibers will be with us a long time.
JASPERS: So Mother Nature may need an assist here from people. Some apparel companies have take-back programs. And there's an existing pipeline for your ratty old gym clothes. Jackie King runs the Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association. Her members buy left-over clothes from places like Goodwill. She says a lot of what gets dropped off at a thrift store never goes on the rack.
JASPERS: Some of the clothes get resold overseas. Some get sold to heavy industry as wiping rags. Others get shredded and used as insulation or stuffing for couches a