Controlling Landfill By Recycling Clothing
Much of the clothing we wear today is made from organic material which means that it comes from a natural source and is, more importantly, biodegradable. So that’s ok right? Biodegradable clothing in landfill sites is not a problem? Wrong! Landfill sites lack the oxygen that is required to help biodegradable materials break down, so this then leads to anaerobic digestion as it decomposes and this releases harmful greenhouse gases. The amount of clothing that goes into a landfill site is uncontrollable, so these gases speed up climate change as they enter the atmosphere. Did you know that if we recycled 100 million lbs of our pre-loved clothing that would be the same as taking 35,000 cars off of the road?
The whole manufacturing process is complex and uses a very unhealthy amount of chemicals, water, electricity and labour. For instance, the mix of toxic chemicals with 100 of gallons of water is what it takes to dye a single pair of jeans. Simply, by recycling your unwanted clothes you can instantly prevent all that energy from going to waste.
When you recycle your clothes with Recycled Clothing Banks, the items that we cannot reuse here, we ship over to developing countries to help poorer communities. These people rely so heavily on overseas generosity so there is a great demand for us to help families all over the world. Many organisations have one of our FREE recycled clothing bins installed to raise money through and be paid for unwanted clothing to help people in developing countries.
