One way that each of us can work to extend the lives of things we own is by purchasing second-hand clothing as well as giving our own old clothing to thrift stores or others. Reusing clothing is a very important step toward reducing our carbon footprints as a country and eventually a world. As the attached image below from The Broadview website shows, buying used clothing increases the life of a garment by 2.2 years which inevitably reduces emissions by a whopping 73%. So if we were all to buy second-hand, the rewards would be greatly beneficial. Thrifting is also an option for those who cannot physically get out of the house to buy clothes.
There are websites and apps such as thredUP and Depop where recycled clothing can be found - that being said in order for these clothes to be shipped there are some emissions but this greatly overweighs the alternative of buying clothing new all the time. One last reason for buying second-hand is that many so-called "Fast Fashion" brands make tons of thousands of clothes that are made by children in factories in other countries, so reusing clothing will hopefully stop this sad but very real fact. Overall purchasing second-hand will greatly help to decrease emissions damaging our earth and the idea of a "throw-away society."