Old Clothes Recycling Faces "Second-Hand" Dilemma

China has not only used second-hand products. clothes In the market, even paid recycling is prohibited. In the process of Yuan Yuan's recovery, there is a reflection of the public. What if we turn out the old clothes to be refurbished and sold again? But in the international arena, refurbishment and re sale is a legal second-hand circulation, but it needs the necessary disinfection, treatment and labelled "second-hand clothes".

Yang Yinghong has different opinions on this issue: "how to prolong the use time of waste clothing is the highest level to realize the comprehensive utilization of waste clothing. In other words, being able to continue to wear is the best choice for recycling old clothes. It is the top part of the industrial chain of old clothes recycling. Some analysts pointed out that the real realization Spin It will take 5-10 years to upgrade the material cycle.

The question is: who will buy second-hand clothes? For many countries, shame is that they have no clothes to wear compared to those who are ashamed of buying second-hand clothes. In Africa, for example, they buy the most second-hand goods from the United States every year. clothing This has become the largest export volume in the United States. The huge industrial chain supports thousands of second-hand clothing companies in the United States.

But China still does not allow secondhand clothing circulation. The reason is very simple. Waste clothes It is very unsanitary. There may be viruses, bacteria and parasites. Therefore, China prohibits the emergence of second-hand clothing market.

In fact, disinfection is technically easy. At present, we use ultraviolet and ozone to disinfect. In half an hour, bacteria, viruses and parasites on old clothes will be killed. Ozone also has the effect of eliminating peculiar smell. The taste and smell of cosmetics can be removed. "Yang Yinghong said. Experts and scholars in foreign countries seem to have reached a consensus in this regard: after the necessary disinfection and cleaning procedures, old clothes are in line with hygienic conditions and can be worn again. On this issue, the Chinese seem to show a particularly cautious attitude.

According to the insiders, the reason why the garment recycling industry chain is missing is almost the same as that of all the domestic goods recycling chain. The concept of environmental protection and recycling has just begun, and the lack of specialized technology and equipment for recycling has led to the loss of huge old clothes resources. In terms of policy, old clothes recycling is not a significant source of performance for local governments, so it has never been seriously valued.

At present, the waste resources under the China Resources Comprehensive Utilization Association textile The alliance is also limited to the utilization of waste textile materials, and the recycling and utilization of clothing is not yet in their key work because of "too narrow". In this respect, the sorting technology of waste textiles is not only lack of equipment but also technology. Our current sorting is still manual sorting.

As an enterprise entity, how to maintain the balance between input and output is also a problem. All the profits of yuan yuan now come from the recycling of broken and useless clothes. It is reported that the monthly operating cost of Yuanyuan is around 110 thousand yuan, and the average monthly recovery of 80 tons of old clothes is about 90 thousand yuan. The monthly loss is 20 thousand yuan. Yang Yinghong said that when Shanghai's recycling box shop reaches 1500, it will be able to turn losses into profits. At present, it is 1200.

It is worth noting that the mode of Yuanyuan is attracting more and more attention. Last year, Spain's fashion company Mango brought 200 boxes of clothes to Yuan Yuan. The company donated to Qinghai, Guangxi, Shandong, Anhui and other poverty-stricken areas through Civil Affairs Bureau and women's Federation.

Yuan Yuan Henan branch was formally established in Zhengzhou in April 16th, and will be replicated in Shanghai in Henan. At the same time, the Beijing municipal Party committee and municipal government also made clear that such clothes should be recycled. Nearly 30 cities such as Hangzhou, Kunming, Qingdao, Dalian, Tianjin and so on came to investigate, hoping to learn from the practice of yuan yuan. In addition, under the promotion of the waste textiles alliance, several textile The company is setting up upstream and downstream supply and demand relations with Yuanyuan company, and tries to jointly establish an industrial chain for the comprehensive utilization of waste textiles.

In fact, in the United States, the whole Garment industry The old clothes recycling has only just begun. Some people call it "the first time in history". The United States is trying to mobilize all sectors of the garment industry and all the links in the chain to recycle, including consumers, manufacturers, retailers, charities and recycling agencies. For Yang Yinghong, this is, of course, the most ideal chain for recycling. It is the most comforting thing for clothes to be named as "resources" and not to waste these old fashions.