Recycling old cloths is as easy as doing a weekly shop, you just have to take a few minutes out of your day. Charity shops and recycling bins are great places to dispose of old cloths. Even putting them into charity bags that get posted through your letterbox help will poorer children.
When sorting out old clothes, keep in mind certain clothes are made of different materials. Items of clothing such as Jeans have zips and Bras have metal wires inside them - these will have to be recycled separately to, say, plain t-shirts. Not all cloths have to be recycled either; if you have an old pair of jeans with a hole or two at the bottom, with a few spare minutes and patience you can transform them into a pair of shorts.
Recycling bins can be found anywhere. All clothing can be used again, whether it’s used to decorated another piece of clothing, or combined with other materials to create new clothes. Nearly 80% of all clothing is wastefully thrown away, rather than being taken to recycling plants to be used again.
Taking your unwanted clothes to charity shops. does have its problems. According to The Sunday Times, places like Oxfam are unable to sell the cloths they already have. This mean that filling charity bags to be sent to less fortunate people will be a better option, or simply take them to be recycled. With some items of clothing being made from man-made fibres, the constant build up will not decompose like many other materials.
If more materials were recycled to make new clothing, the cost and amount of importing would drop, helping not only keep the planet clean but cut the cost of clothes, and with the amount of recycling bins and charity shops around there really is no excuse to simply throw old clothes away.
If you like to recycle but people who live nearby don’t, having children ask people for any old clothes they have can help. Not only will the children understand how beneficial recycling is but they could also gain some pocket money. On hot summer days when kids have nothing to do, introduce them to simple sewing. Teach them how they can take an old item of clothing, then with some other materials and a little help create a storage container or place to hide secret things in.
There are many more opportunities for recycling when a baby arrives so collect the old clothes and take them to a recycling bin or give them to charity when they have outgrown them. This will help de-clutter your house as well as make you feel good that you have helped the planet.
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the amount of clothing bags we receieve through the door at home is unbelievable. The clothing recycling trade has been seen as many as easy money, and have such jumped on the bandwagon, so you do have to do your homework as to where the clothing will end up. The salvation army bins in the UK do a massive trade and they utilise links within europe to send bags out to the less fortunate and ensure the clothing gets reused. Like you say alot of charity shops are inundated with clothing, too many to sell through the shops.