Time to sort out recycling of waste clothes
9 years, 2 months ago

Time to sort out recycling of waste clothes

China Daily  

CLOTHES AND SHOES collected from some residential communities in Shanghai have been poorly recycled according to media reports. Many so-called recycling bins are actually taken care of by garbage collectors, who resell the secondhand clothes to local flea markets or simply send them to dustbins and waste furnaces. Beijing Times on Thursday called for better management and favorable policies to avoid the considerable waste of used clothes: Shanghai's case may be just the tip of the iceberg. Simply leaving the used clothes for garbage collectors to dispose of as they want is against the original recycling intentions of not only the government but also the residents who give their clothes away. They could also offer preferential financial and tax policies, in a bid to encourage recycling enterprises to enhance their willingness to recycle old clothes.

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Global Recycling Day: Meet the design masters of upcycling
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Global Recycling Day: Meet the design masters of upcycling

Hindustan Times  

It is no news that the world is grappling with several environmental challenges. Designers have embraced the power of upcycled fashion Gone are the days when sustainable fashion meant compromising on style — today, it’s about giving discarded fabrics, plastics, and even metal a new life on the runway. The world celebrates Global Recycling Day today, and we throw light …

Tiruchy Corporation's recycling drive in tatters
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Tiruchy Corporation's recycling drive in tatters

New Indian Express  

TIRUCHY: A woman's statue, holding buckets with segregated waste, in a vehicle announcing the importance of recycling is a sight that city residents would have hardly forgotten. Under the initiative, residents were encouraged to give various recyclable materials, including old clothes, to micro compost centres. Clothes collected through the initiative were meant to be used for making cloth bags and …

Watch: Solving Bengaluru’s used textile waste problem
4 months ago

Watch: Solving Bengaluru’s used textile waste problem

The Hindu  

At the Textile Recovery Facility in Hirandahalli in Bengaluru, used clothes from several wards are brought there. TRF is part of a larger attempt to create a value chain for post-consumer textile waste while weaving into it alternate livelihood possibilities for waste pickers. Circular Apparel Innovation Factory or CAIF and Hasiru Dala, an NGO, in partnership with Saamuhika Shakti – …

Households face new bin rules after ‘avalanche of rubbish’ in streets
4 months ago

Households face new bin rules after ‘avalanche of rubbish’ in streets

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Households and workplaces must now sort their rubbish into four …

Is recycling just a waste of time? UK households are so confused about which bin to use that they're being forced to 'wishcyle' - putting packaging in and hoping for the best, study finds
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Is recycling just a waste of time? UK households are so confused about which bin to use that they're being forced to 'wishcyle' - putting packaging in and hoping for the best, study finds

Daily Mail  

It's the question that plagues homes up and down the country – which recycling bin does this go in? Now, researchers have discovered UK households are being forced to 'wishcycle' – put packaging in recycling bins and hope for the best – due to widespread confusion. Researchers have discovered UK households are being forced to 'wishcycle' – put packaging in …

A Simple Way to Give Your Old Clothes a Second Life
4 months, 4 weeks ago

A Simple Way to Give Your Old Clothes a Second Life

Slate  

This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. A lot of the problem lies in the fact that our clothing is mostly not made of 100 percent natural fibers; many of our garments are fabric blends, which are challenging to process. I will probably always produce at least some clothing waste as I outgrow things, they …

Effective Recycling Supply Chain Crucial for Sustainable Consumer Goods Trade-in Programs
5 months ago

Effective Recycling Supply Chain Crucial for Sustainable Consumer Goods Trade-in Programs

China Daily  

Trade-in programs are gaining momentum in China, with a focus on effective recycling supply chains to mitigate the environmental impact of waste materials. The government is setting ambitious targets for recycling and circular utilization, aiming to double scrap car recycling volumes, increase used car transaction volumes, and increase waste home appliance recycling quantities by 2027. While there are regulations in …

Do YOU know what household waste goes in which bin? As 8 in 10 Brits are confused over what to recycle, take our interactive quiz to check if you make these mistakes
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Do YOU know what household waste goes in which bin? As 8 in 10 Brits are confused over what to recycle, take our interactive quiz to check if you make these mistakes

Daily Mail  

A shocking eight in ten Brits are confused over what they can recycle, new figures have shown. While younger generations are often perceived as the most eco-conscious, a new survey has revealed that it's actually the Boomers who are leading the way on recycling Researchers from DS Smith found that 54 per cent of Boomers recycle all their paper and …

Takeaways from AP’s report on how China’s textile recycling efforts take a back seat to fast fashion
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Takeaways from AP’s report on how China’s textile recycling efforts take a back seat to fast fashion

Associated Press  

WENZHOU, China — China is the world’s largest textile producer and consumer, throwing away 26 million tons of clothes each year, mostly made of unrecyclable synthetics. But factories like this one are barely making a dent in a country whose clothing industry is dominated by “fast fashion” — cheap clothes made from synthetics, not cotton. To achieve a game-changing impact, …

Recycling in England to be standardised from 2026, Government says
1 year, 5 months ago

Recycling in England to be standardised from 2026, Government says

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Simpler recycling will help us all recycle more easily, doing our bit to help save the planet and make …

Recycling is a 'scam', did more harm than good to the planet, say scientists
1 year, 8 months ago

Recycling is a 'scam', did more harm than good to the planet, say scientists

Firstpost  

Scientists at the University of Virginia claim that recycling is a big scam that did more harm to the planet than any good. They claim that because recycling was marketed as a simple solution to a complex problem, people ignored the idea of reduce and reuse According to scientists from the University of Virginia, recycling campaigns, while helpful in diverting …

World Environment Day 2023: 5 Tips To Minimize Waste And Foster Eco-Consciousness At Work
1 year, 10 months ago

World Environment Day 2023: 5 Tips To Minimize Waste And Foster Eco-Consciousness At Work

News 18  

In today’s world, where environmental consciousness is paramount, reducing waste at work has become a crucial responsibility for businesses. Anshul Agrawal, Director, Mysore Deep Perfumery House & Zed Black shares some effective strategies to implement at the workplace: Minimize Paper UsageThe foremost significant step towards promoting environmental consciousness at work is to reduce the use of paper. Encourage the adoption …

Our Favorite Clothing Made From Recycled Materials
2 years, 2 months ago

Our Favorite Clothing Made From Recycled Materials

Wired  

I love clothes, but the fashion industry is having a crisis all on its own, on top of the trash crisis and general climate crisis we've been dealing with for decades. We can reduce our own plastic usage, especially swapping single-use plastics out for reusable items, but some fashion brands have figured out how to turn some of that trash—mostly …

6 innovative ways to recycle your old clothes
2 years, 7 months ago

6 innovative ways to recycle your old clothes

Hindustan Times  

Fashion evolves quickly, and it is impossible to buy new clothing every other week in order to stay up with trends. Prior to making a purchase of new clothes, it's vital to declutter and remove outdated or old clothing. Recycling old clothes is also a climate friendly option as the majority of used clothing is disposed of in landfills. Recycling …

Thriftiness still a virtue despite prosperous lifestyle
3 years, 2 months ago

Thriftiness still a virtue despite prosperous lifestyle

China Daily  

Farmers rush to harvest rice in Jiangjin district of Chongqing municipality, on Aug 9, 2020. Editor's Note: Four decades of reform and opening-up have not only turned China into the world's second-biggest economy but also changed Chinese people's way of life. While foreign visitors were surprised to see almost the entire population wearing the same style of dress, the Chinese …

Thriftiness still a virtue despite prosperous lifestyle
3 years, 2 months ago

Thriftiness still a virtue despite prosperous lifestyle

China Daily  

Farmers rush to harvest rice in Jiangjin district of Chongqing municipality, on Aug 9, 2020. Editor's Note: Four decades of reform and opening-up have not only turned China into the world's second-biggest economy but also changed Chinese people's way of life. While foreign visitors were surprised to see almost the entire population wearing the same style of dress, the Chinese …

How to shop for clothes more ethically
3 years, 7 months ago

How to shop for clothes more ethically

The Independent  

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Almost 80 per cent of unwanted textiles end up in landfill, a report finds
3 years, 9 months ago

Almost 80 per cent of unwanted textiles end up in landfill, a report finds

ABC  

Of almost 305,000 tonnes of textiles discarded in NSW last year, only 800 tonnes were recycled, a report has found. Key points: A report finds nearly 330,000 tonnes of textiles are imported into NSW each year, and about 305,000 tonnes are discarded About 240,000 tonnes go to landfill, while 62,000 tonnes are exported for reuse by charities Designers are urged …

Bins now collected just once every three weeks for 1.4m households
3 years, 9 months ago

Bins now collected just once every three weeks for 1.4m households

The Telegraph  

Bin collections from households just once every three weeks have risen 20-fold in the last five years, research shows, as cash-strapped councils blame pressure to increase recycling. The Government is considering new guidance to councils to ensure a minimum fortnightly bin collection, but not a return to standard weekly collections, which have halved in the last decade. Reducing black bin …

Nationwide recycling rules and food-waste collections planned under bins shake-up
3 years, 10 months ago

Nationwide recycling rules and food-waste collections planned under bins shake-up

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy All councils in England would have the same recycling rules …

Is trashion the future?
4 years, 2 months ago

Is trashion the future?

Live Mint  

"Main jaadugar hoon,” laughs Indra Kumari, adjusting her mask. For, since the day she walked into an export house seven years ago to report for her first job as a visual merchandiser and saw “pahads and pahads” of discarded garments, she made it her life’s mission to move people from a “disposable mindset to a reuse mindset”. “It took a …

Why clothes are so hard to recycle
4 years, 8 months ago

Why clothes are so hard to recycle

BBC  

Why clothes are so hard to recycle Press Association The rise of fast fashion is largely behind the growing amounts of clothing we buy and throw away each year Fast fashion is leading to a mountain of clothing being thrown away each year and has a huge impact on the environment, so can we turn our unwanted garments into something …

Recycling isn’t going to save the planet – we need to get tough and punish people for using plastic
5 years, 8 months ago

Recycling isn’t going to save the planet – we need to get tough and punish people for using plastic

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We now use 93 per cent …

The recycling crisis doesn't mean your rubbish needs to go to landfill. Here's how you can help
5 years, 8 months ago

The recycling crisis doesn't mean your rubbish needs to go to landfill. Here's how you can help

ABC  

Australia's recycling problem got a whole lot worse this week. Stockpiles of recyclable materials have been growing since Asian countries banned them, and now a big recycling company has told Victorian councils it'll stop taking their trash. Annie Dennis Children's Centre director Lara Bamundo says the centre, in Northcote, is always keen to collect things such as one-sided paper, bottle …

Charities increasingly finding waste in clothing collection bins: report
5 years, 8 months ago

Charities increasingly finding waste in clothing collection bins: report

NL Times  

Dutch charity organizations that collect textiles for reuse or second-hand sales are increasingly struggling with people who dump their chemical- and other household waste in the clothing bins. According to VHT, citizens should be better informed about what they can and cannot throw in the clothing collection bins. And while this leads to more recycling and less residual waste, it …

Textile recycling may give a new life to clothes that can't be donated to charity
5 years, 9 months ago

Textile recycling may give a new life to clothes that can't be donated to charity

ABC  

You've bought well, then made do and mended, but that favourite old shirt, skirt or pair of shoes is now beyond repair and in no condition to be foisted upon the volunteers of your local second-hand shop. Because recycling natural and synthetic fibres involve different processes, recycling blended fabrics — which so many of our clothes are made from — …

Our 23 Favorite Products Made From Recycled and Upcycled Materials
5 years, 11 months ago

Our 23 Favorite Products Made From Recycled and Upcycled Materials

Wired  

Humans haven't been kind to the planet. Luckily, some companies have figured out how to reuse waste to make new products from old plastic, textiles, and other materials that would otherwise fill our landfills and oceans. It's not a perfect sustainability solution, but if you already need a new portable charger or yoga mat, for example, you can buy one …

Many Americans Find Doing Taxes Easier Than Recycling
5 years, 11 months ago

Many Americans Find Doing Taxes Easier Than Recycling

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Americans have no idea how to recycle. People either think that everything marked with a plastic resin label is good for curbside recycling or they’re unsure about sorting recyclables in general, according to the study. In the GMA study, 60% of participants said they believed that plastic shopping bags can go in curbside recycling, while 55% said …

Lifeline urges people not to dump clothing outside bins after charities inundated
6 years, 2 months ago

Lifeline urges people not to dump clothing outside bins after charities inundated

ABC  

Some charities are resembling a dump site after being inundated with unwanted goods in the post-Christmas clean out. "We came yesterday and bought a whole bag of clothes and stuff like that and the bins were empty and now today we've come back and they're filled, overflowing," she said. Jane Milburn said sharing and revamping old clothes is a good …

Clothing and the environment 时装产业对环境的影响
6 years, 3 months ago

Clothing and the environment 时装产业对环境的影响

China Daily  

Clothing and the environment 时装产业对环境的影响 本集内容 Clothing and climate change 时装产业对环境的影响 学习要点 和 “waste 浪费” 有关的词汇 边看边答 What percentage of clothes in the UK end up in landfill? 但是那些被爱过又被人丢弃的衣服究竟命运如何呢？这个位于北伦敦的仓库对其中一些进行了分类，然后送到慈善商店转卖。这样就减轻了制造新衣服对环境的影响。但只有一小部分服装和鞋子被回收。大部分则沦为废品，约80%被倒入垃圾填埋场，而20%左右则化为灰烬。 Andrew Opie, British Retail Consortium We as retailers have a really big responsibility in making sure that those clothes are as sustainable as possible, and we know from the figures that …

Revolution in a cloth bag: zero-waste stores making old shopping habits fashionable again
6 years, 5 months ago

Revolution in a cloth bag: zero-waste stores making old shopping habits fashionable again

The Hindu  

Every couple of days, childhood friends Jonah Fernandes, 29, and Eldridge Lobo, 28, set out to the local market in Goa with massive steel bins. Located in the North Goan village Parra, the newly-opened store has a zero-waste policy in place — nothing will be packed in plastic and people will have to bring their own containers or buy a …

Destroying Unsold Clothes Is Fashion’s Dirty Secret. And We’re Complicit.
6 years, 6 months ago

Destroying Unsold Clothes Is Fashion’s Dirty Secret. And We’re Complicit.

Huff Post  

A Burberry ensemble from its London Fashion Week spring/summer 2018 show. In July, two months after the company signed onto an agreement to reduce waste, news broke that the luxury label burned millions of dollars’ worth of unsold stock. Victor VIRGILE via Getty Images You get the sense that luxury fashion label Burberry very much regrets its decision to burn …

Is clothing rental the secret to making fashion sustainable?
6 years, 7 months ago

Is clothing rental the secret to making fashion sustainable?

The Independent  

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Govt moves to tackle 'white' pollution
6 years, 8 months ago

Govt moves to tackle 'white' pollution

China Daily  

In 2013, five years after the ban, a market in Shandong province was still providing plastic bags that did not comply with national standards. Govt moves to tackle 'white' pollution With the private recycling sector feeling the chill, fewer people are willing to sort waste, resulting in a lower rate of recycling, according to Chen. She added that to raise …

Editorial: California has a recycling crisis. The only way to solve it is to stop making so much trash
6 years, 10 months ago

Editorial: California has a recycling crisis. The only way to solve it is to stop making so much trash

LA Times  

Californians use — and then toss — a tremendous amount of paper and plastic packaging material every day: takeout coffee cups and lids, cereal boxes, wine bottles, plastic bags, clamshell food containers, and on and on. Those disturbed by the amount of trash they produce have been able to assuage their guilty consciences by making sure every potential recyclable item …

Compost bins, waste-to-fuel on the cards as ACT Government reviews recycling policy
6 years, 10 months ago

Compost bins, waste-to-fuel on the cards as ACT Government reviews recycling policy

ABC  

Canberrans could have kerbside food waste collection in five years' time, with the ACT Government looking to expand its green bin program. "What we would do over the next couple of years is promote people to look at their menu planning, look at their shopping, to reduce food waste in the first place," he said. "A processed engineered fuel facility …

War on Waste: Recycling and why you're almost certainly wasting your time rinsing it
7 years, 10 months ago

War on Waste: Recycling and why you're almost certainly wasting your time rinsing it

ABC  

Once a fortnight we diligently wheel our recycling bin to the kerb, and then probably give ourselves a pat on the back while thinking of all the useful products we have helped to create, and the resources and energy we have saved. A recent confidential report compiled for four regional councils in Victoria found that only 29 per cent of …

Government tackles growing waste problem
7 years, 11 months ago

Government tackles growing waste problem

China Daily  

People dispose of trash in Beijing's Fengrongyuan residential community. New measures have been announced that will require government offices, restaurants and businesses in 46 major cities to sort and separate all household trash, including hazardous waste, kitchen leftovers and recyclable materials, by 2020. By the end of the year, the cities will be required to issue plans listing the types …

Why You Should NEVER Throw Old Clothes In The Trash
8 years, 5 months ago

Why You Should NEVER Throw Old Clothes In The Trash

Huff Post  

Milenko Bokan via Getty Images This article is part of HuffPost’s “Reclaim” campaign, an ongoing project spotlighting the world’s waste crisis and how we can begin to solve it. Jon Powell/Nature/Environmental Science Technology There are about 1,200 municipal solid waste landfills in the United States, Jon Powell, a doctoral student in chemical and environmental engineering at Yale University and an …

Here's What Goodwill Actually Does With Your Donated Clothes
8 years, 6 months ago

Here's What Goodwill Actually Does With Your Donated Clothes

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Education Images via Getty Images Giving away used clothes may sound simple: You drop them off at a donation center, and then they’re sold to somebody who can re-use them. Goodwill is one of the biggest U.S. landing points for donated clothes: Stores in New York and New Jersey alone collected more than 85.7 million pounds of …

Used clothes get new life in Qingdao recycling initiative
9 years, 3 months ago

Used clothes get new life in Qingdao recycling initiative

China Daily  

People put used clothes for recycling in the Shinan district of Qingdao. Zhu Youheng, manager of New World Environmental Services Group, which transports and disposes of the clothes, said the company had created regular patrols to check the recycling bins. "The recycling idea is great, but only if it’s easy to do and the old clothes they gather are distributed …

Councils consider axing charity clothing bins due to dumping, vandalism and graffiti
9 years, 8 months ago

Councils consider axing charity clothing bins due to dumping, vandalism and graffiti

ABC  

Several Perth councils are considering having clothing donation bins removed from public land following complaints that the bins are eyesores and are being used as dumping sites. "It's sad that some members of the community show little respect for the intent of the charity bins and create additional work for the individual charities having to clean up all around them." …

Citizens can do their bitby segregating waste: Almitra Patel
12 years, 3 months ago

Citizens can do their bitby segregating waste: Almitra Patel

The Hindu  

The city, which was gripped by the garbage crisis, is ever so slowly returning to normality. Bio-mining will help reduce the environmental impact caused by the tonnes of accumulated waste and leachate that have polluted the groundwater in the villages around the landfills. They just have to keep plastic and other kinds of dry waste separate from kitchen waste. The …

Treating rubbish as a resource
14 years, 10 months ago

Treating rubbish as a resource

China Daily  

进入英语学习论坛下载音频 去听写专区一展身手 The country loses about 20 billion yuan each year due to the lack of recycling programs that would reuse urban rubbish, experts said on Tuesday. "Rubbish is a resource, as long as it's properly treated," Chen Yong, director of the Guangdong branch of Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in a report on the development of Chinese cities. Beijing …

Don’t waste their efforts
14 years, 11 months ago

Don’t waste their efforts

Hindustan Times  

The recent fires in Delhi’s Mundka plastic scrapyard and the radioactive leak at the Mayapuri scrap market are a wake-up call for Indian cities to find innovative ways of safe scrap trading. The National Environment Policy, 2006, and the National Action Plan on Climate Change, 2009, both specifically mention the importance of the informal recycling sector and urge government agencies …

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