Recycling Of Old Clothes Is Not Only A Social Responsibility.

When you enter the Japanese clothing store, you can see not only the dazzling style, but also the specially collected counters. At present, the major clothing manufacturers in Japan have been established. Old clothing recycling system 。 This is not only because they see this as a kind of social responsibility It is also to satisfy consumers to make the waste garments more efficient.

UNIQLO, Japan, founded a recycling chain company, and began to recycle waste clothing products on a large scale. After recycling, they have to deal with them very effectively by packing their good clothes to the refugees or their agencies donated by the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees to developing countries. Clothes that can not be worn are used to produce insulating materials, such as gloves or power generating fuel.

The project started in September 2006. After a year's operation, they found the effect was good, so they continued to carry out the plan from the beginning of second years. By the end of last year, they had recovered 2 million 620 thousand garments that had been sold, about 90% of them were donated to developing countries. The project did not bring any practical benefits to them. However, more Japanese users returned to their stores, returned them to their stores, and returned feedback on the clothes they wore. So they saw another kind. demand That is to use recycled clothing fiber materials to produce garments. Now, they have embarked on this project.

At the end of last year, OnwardKashiyamaCo, another garment manufacturer in Japan, also announced that it had begun to use the commercial clothing retail outlets set up by the company in to recycle clothing products sold. The purpose is not to donate old clothes to the refugees, but to make the waste clothes into yarn again, and then produce gloves and carpets. So far, the company has produced 47 thousand pairs of gloves from waste fibers and donated them to non-profit organizations, and handed out 3000 blankets to the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees.

The employee, who is in charge of the work, told reporters that "as a clothing manufacturer, we recycle and reuse products to fulfill our social responsibilities and contribute to mankind as well."

After that, 6 other Japanese garment manufacturers also took action and established similar recycling projects. Some companies began using waste clothing to make bio ethanol, instead of gasoline and so on. They didn't get direct benefits, but these companies discovered overnight that since UNIQLO first set up recycling projects, the customer's return rate has been greatly improved, creating unprecedented benefits for them. As a result, the Japanese education community has noticed that this trend will become the direction of global consumption in the future, and consumption will be driven by recycling. A spokesman for the women's University of Japan said, "customers bring old clothes back to the store and buy new clothes. The economic benefits brought by such repeat customers are beyond compare. Because customers are more and more aware that the clothing they used is still available. " As a result, a new round of Japan's trend of using recycling projects to create benefits is rising.

Japanese manufacturers realize that manufacturing industry regards environmental protection as a part of its own. Japan's garment industry committee has 200 member units. They have indicated that they should take practical actions to deal with environmental problems and formulate corresponding plans, namely, using simple packaging and recycling system and outdated products to improve efficiency.

Such consumption trends are not accidental in Japan. The reason for this trend is due to the financial crisis sweeping the world. Since 2008, fewer and fewer customers have entered the Japanese clothing store. High prices keep customers from getting tighter and tighter. Many young people prefer to wear old clothes instead of new ones. This is very bad for the boss. Therefore, they had to think of such a way to make money. At the same time, this prompted employers to think that trading is not only closely related to environmental problems and social responsibilities, but also closely related to consumption. A Japanese retail store owner said that making use of old clothes could make the best use of the consumer domain. Once such a concept becomes the consensus of the company, their benefits will come out.

However, recycling old clothes also brings many problems. According to Japan's Ministry of economy and trade, only 22.1% of clothing and other fiber products were recycled last year, far below the steel industry. The product recovery rate of iron and steel industry reached 88.5%, and the recovery rate of aluminum products was higher, reaching 93.4%. The main reason for the low recovery rate of textiles and garments is that most clothing enterprises in Japan do not have their own stores. It is necessary to establish additional investment for recycling projects, which will impose heavy financial burden on small and medium-sized textile enterprises. Therefore, to establish a recycling system, only large companies are able to do so.

However, the Japanese education community believes that "in the future, Japan should establish a cheap recycling system and include small and medium-sized garment enterprises."