The Environmental Dilemma Of Saving "Fast Fashion"

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"Environmentalists do have their reasons, but" fast fashion "is not good for nothing. The key is to solve the problem of recycling and reusing these clothes.

In the view of industry experts, we should start from technology research and development, policy specification, legal protection, standard setting, etc.

Who will build the "recycling chain"?

Not long ago, several special recycling boxes for waste clothing were located at the entrance of Nancheng District in Pudong. The blue iron box was the size of a vending machine, and there was a pull out outlet on the outside.

"Every day, residents bring things, down garments, shoes, backpacks...

Everything has, the recycling box is very popular. "

According to the relevant person in charge of Tong Qiao street, because of many clothes, the recycling bin will be opened once every ten days or so.

According to the records of the neighborhood committee, 60-80 kilograms of clothes and bedding can be received every time the box is opened, and several times it reaches 94 kilograms, about seven or eight of the clothes are made into new ones.

The reporter learned from the recycling enterprise that in Shanghai, there were two ways out for the waste clothes of the former residents: the clothes that accorded with the donation conditions were sent to the charity after disinfection, and the damaged fabrics were treated according to the category to become the raw materials of cotton yarn, non-woven fabrics, subgrade cloth and plastic products.

In fact, the recycling boxes for used clothing have been quietly appearing in more than 600 communities in Shanghai.

By the end of 2014, the recycling of waste clothing will be fully settled in 12000 residential areas with property management.

However, it can not be denied that the market space of second-hand clothing is still limited.

There will be a lot of information on Baidu's search for second-hand clothing recycling.

But after dialing the phone number, the other side will tell you very directly that they must have "new" tail stock and have 500 or more sizes. At the same time, they will say "to sell to the four or five level market."

In developed countries, another old garment recycling mode may have more potential in Japan. When consumers enter many Japanese clothing stores, they can see not only the dazzling array of styles, but also the specially collected counters.

It turned out that the main clothing manufacturers in Japan have established the old clothing recycling system.

Japan's UNIQLO enterprises set up a recycling chain company, and began large-scale recycling of waste clothing products.

After recycling, they pack their good clothes to the refugees or their agencies donated by the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees to the developing countries, and the clothes that they can not wear are used to produce thermal insulation materials, such as gloves or power generating fuel.

At present, a number of Japanese companies are also following the pace of UNIQLO, making use of waste clothing to produce bio ethanol and fuel instead of gasoline.

What's interesting is that they found that since the first time that UNIQLO company has set up a recycling project, the customer's return rate has been greatly improved, creating unprecedented benefits for them. "Customers take the old clothes back to the store and buy new clothes.

The economic benefits brought by such repeat customers are beyond compare.

The trend of consumption in Japan is not accidental. 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.

However, recycling old clothes also brings many problems.

According to Japanese media reports, the recycling rate of clothing and other fiber products is far lower than that of the iron and steel industry. The main reason behind this is that most garment enterprises do not have their own stores. To establish recycling projects requires additional investment, which will cause serious financial burden to small and medium-sized textile enterprises.

Therefore, it is necessary to establish a recycling system for the time being.

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Rising green clothing

In addition, with the deepening of recycling business, some foreign enterprises have also introduced environmental protection clothing made of these recycled materials.

For example, a Japanese clothing brand manufacturer launched a female job search uniforms made from recycled polyester fibers.

The Japanese company has developed the world's first new technology for the recycling of polyester fibers. With this technology, recycled old suits can produce recycled fabrics.

Moreover, this new polyester fiber can reduce its energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions in production process by about 80% compared with the polyester material made from petroleum.

In fact, in 2010, World Expo, Shanghai, the ecological cycle of recyclable clothing has attracted a lot of attention.

In the German Pavilion, the staff's standard dress is orange jacket and trousers, and a waist can be hung with a water bottle.

The whole outfit is not surprising, but its texture is exquisite.

The T-shirts they wear are buried in the soil for 16 weeks and can be completely degraded.

The coat is more magical, and can be made into chemical fiber cloth through a series of technologies such as decolorization and so on.

Their shoes are made of natural rubber and cork, and they can also be recycled.

A staff member of the Japanese Imperial textile company, which is responsible for the production of this chemical fiber fabric, explained that the clothes were recycled ten times and eight times, and the feeling of wearing would not change.

The reporter learned that this kind of ecological circular fabric, which can be recycled without delay, was developed in 2002. The main technology is to recycle recycled cola bottles, old clothes and even waste newspapers, etc., and then make the regenerated polyester fiber fabric products after crushing, chemical reaction and polymerization.

The clothing made of this kind of fiber is different from other chemical fiber products. The difference is that this fiber can decolorization process through technical means, and other fibers can not do this.

This process can reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions of garments by 80% respectively, according to Japan's Dai Ren fiber company.

In World Expo Japan Industrial Museum, the clothes worn by the service personnel also use this new type of fabric that can be recycled.

After the Expo is over, the uniforms will be shipped back to Japan and processed and recycled through the recycling system.