It's very tempting to throw things away or even drop them in a recycling bin when we are done with them. Is there a better way?
Share your ideas for extending the “lives” of the items that we buy and use, and their packaging as well!
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The importance of reusing and recycling clothes
Recycling and reusing has always been important, but right now it is necessary for us to do so. Over the years, global warming and climate change have been happening very quickly which has been affecting our planet in some negative ways. So, it is important that we lower our carbon foot prints and learn to reuse our clothes, electronics and machines. Today more than 10% of CO2 emissions come from the making of clothing, thats more than carbon being emitted than international flights and shipping combined. The clothing industry also accounts for a fifth of the 300 million tons of plastic being produced each year.If we just change some habits of ours, for example switching from buying new clothes, you should consider thrift shopping. This is a great way to get the things you need, for cheaper and it doesn't put any more CO2 in the air from those products.
The links i found for this data are here:
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022 … #xj4y7vzkg
Thrift shopping and buying used clothes is often looked down upon but honestly they are a very good place to buy clothes. My family personally often buys a lot of our clothes, especially for costumes, from thrift stores. As well as that thrift stores have the added benefit of making clothes more affordable.