Most Of The Old Clothes Are Thrown To The Environment.

It is autumn and winter season. Yesterday, Ms. Mao, who lives in Danfeng community, is planning to wear winter clothes. clothes After sorting out, I found that many old clothes are not ready to wear now. I really want to donate them or get rid of them. But madam Mao once inquired that the old clothes were really not well disposed of. "It's too bad to throw litter bins to charity."

Where does the old clothes go from? The press survey found that this is really a problem. The "old clothes recycling" industry is also emerging and is being concerned by the state.

　　 Present situation

Most old clothes are thrown right. Environmental pollution large

With the accelerated pace of fashion, more and more old clothes in the wardrobe are basically not worn. According to the survey, more than 80% young women buy new clothes for themselves every season, even though their wardrobe is almost full.

"I go shopping two or three times a month, and I usually buy the right clothes." Ms. Zhou, a young fashion lady, said that some clothes had not been cut even after they bought them, so they had been pressed down. Some families have children, and children's clothes are also full of wardrobes. "My mother would buy clothes for the children, and the family bought a row of plastic containers for children's clothing, but the children grew fast. Some clothes could not be worn in 4 months. Now, the clothes in several boxes can't be used, and the boxes can't be packed quickly. It's a pity to throw them at home and occupy the place." Ms. Wang is suffering from this headache.

How do we deal with these old clothes? Reporters interviewed more than 20 people on this issue. The reply of 14 citizens (70%) was that they were thrown into the dustbin, while others said, "pick out a few new colors and wear them to relatives in their old homes", as well as the public saying that "the bottom of the box is not handled." According to the latest data of China Resources Comprehensive Utilization Association, about 26 million tons of old clothes are thrown into trash cans every year in China. This number is very alarming.

The old clothes thrown away will do great harm to the environment. Ningbo inspection and Quarantine Bureau Spin Fu Kejie, the director of the laboratory, told reporters that most of the current clothes are chemical fiber, polyester, acrylic, cotton and other components. Besides the degradation and absorption of cotton and linen in natural environment, chemical fiber, polyester and acrylic fiber are not easy to degrade in the natural state. They can be left on the surface for thousands of years and are very harmful to the environment. If the old clothes are incineration after entering the garbage bin, the substances produced also contain carcinogenic ingredients. "Throwing old clothes into the garbage can is the least environmentally friendly way to deal with it." Fu Kejie said.

The cost of recovery is too high. Charity does not accept old clothes.

Can those old clothes be recycled and sent to the poor areas to continue to be used? Many citizens also want to donate the newly made clothing to charity, but the reply is "we will not accept them for the time being".

Why does the Charity Association refuse to accept old clothes? Chen Haiying, deputy director of the Ningbo Charity Association office, told reporters that the Charity Association has no corresponding manpower and funds to do this. On the other hand, it is not always possible to send clothes to the target recipients in accordance with the wishes of the donors.

"In fact, there are still many things to do after the old clothes are received. It is not as simple as the public can imagine." Chen Haiying said that the Charity Federation will receive cleaning, disinfection, drying, classified storage, transportation and distribution to target recipients after accepting the donation of old clothes. These links need to produce cleaning, disinfection, transportation and labor costs, and also require warehouses of a certain area. Chen Haiying said.

What is even more troubling is that some poor areas are not very interested in donating their old clothes. "The old clothes donated by the citizens may not be able to find suitable recipients at once. If they are stacked for a long time, then they will be inappropriate. Therefore, we generally do not accept donations from old clothes. Chen Haiying said, "if there are emergencies such as earthquakes, floods, and so on, the disaster areas are in urgent need of old clothes, then they will accept donations from old clothes, but this is not much."

Although the charity does not accept old clothes, there are still many people on the internet doing "recycling old clothes" business. Yesterday, reporters searched the Internet for 5 old people who used to recycle their old clothes, and found that the "old clothes recycling" threshold was not low enough to become an effective channel for the public to deal with old clothes. One Mr. Lee, who did the recycling of old clothes, told reporters that they could carry out door-to-door recycling in general, but they had to collect more than 50 Jin of old clothes at a time, and the price of one kilogram of old clothes was also a few cents.

　 draw lessons from

Many communities in Shanghai Old clothes recycle bin

With the rapid growth of urban population, how to deal with old clothes is becoming a "livelihood problem" that society has to face. In Shanghai, many old communities have begun to have equipment for old clothes recycling bins.

It is understood that Shanghai can produce hundreds of tons of old clothes every day, reaching 130 thousand tons a year, accounting for about 30% of domestic waste. In order to solve the problem of the whereabouts of old clothes, since 2010, the greening and Appearance Management Bureau of Shanghai has begun to pilot the old clothes recycling in the city, and the green "waste clothes recycling box", which looks like the automatic vending machine, has begun to enter all the communities. The professional company collects old clothes collects together, and the residents can exchange the old clothes for family green account integrals and collect all kinds of small gifts. This method is generally recognized by residents. At present, this kind of green "waste clothes recycling box" has covered more than 2000 residential areas. It is planned to put all the old clothes recycling bins in the more than 3000 garbage classification pilot plots in the city of Shanghai by the end of this year.

"We hope that in Ningbo we have such old clothes recycling bins, and we will set up a recycling system for these old clothes. We should not recycle them before burning them or burying them, but we can carry out sorting and reuse." Some members of the public put forward such proposals.

　　 Future

Ningbo's "old clothes recycling" industry needs urgent development

From the national perspective, "recycling and reuse of old clothes" has attracted the attention of the state and regarded as a zoning for the development of circular economy. It has been identified as an important direction for the development of China's textile industry in the next five years. It will explore and establish an effective mechanism for the public to participate in the donation and utilization of old clothing to solve this problem. "Old clothes recycling" industry also surfaced.

In fact, many areas have explored the "old clothes recycling" industry. In Shanghai this year, there was a "recycled garment bank". The environmental public welfare project, founded by three girls in 2010, draws on France and Britain. clothing Design the tailoring technology and concept, make some old clothes by rinsing, dismantling, redesigning and tailoring, making new clothes and carrying the concept of "green and environmental protection" on the market, and won the market recognition. At present, one of the founders of "recycling bank". Designer Zhang Na rented a three story small house in a alleys of Changshu road in Shanghai, and transformed it into a new studio and clothing display area of the "reinventing clothes bank". At present, this project achieves a balance between revenue and expenditure through the combination of FAKE NATOO brand. Similar projects have also appeared in Guangzhou.

Wenzhou Cangnan's "old clothes recycling" industry is also very developed. According to Fu Kejie, director of the Textile Laboratory of Ningbo inspection and Quarantine Bureau, thousands of enterprises in Wenzhou are engaged in the recycling of old clothes. They mainly spin and recycle the recovered textiles, spin them into yarn, weave them into cloth, and then make comprehensive use of them. Such as furniture, toys, stuffing and decorative materials. Although this utilization is relatively preliminary, the added value is not very high, but the processing capacity in one year can reach millions of tons.

In fact, old clothes are also a treasure. cloth After technical treatment, it can be dissolved, and can be used to analyze the masterbatch. These masterbatches can be recycled into the raw materials for producing plastics, which is of great use value. Fu Kejie introduced, but at present, such a reprocessing industry has not yet formed in China.

"China's" old clothes recycling "industry has not yet formed a real sense of the industrial chain, there is still much room for development. Sun Huaibin, director of the China Textile Economic Research Center, thinks that it is of great significance to develop "old clothes recycling" industry. "The supply of fiber resources in China is very intense. Because raw materials come from cotton, linen or chemical fiber, a large proportion of our garments are imported. In particular, a large part of the raw materials of chemical fiber comes from oil, and oil is also a strategic resource scarce in the world. Therefore, if we can reuse the waste textiles and garments, we can supplement the shortage of raw materials, which is very important for reducing the shortage of raw materials. "

As a large garment city, Ningbo has concentrated a large number of enterprises in the production and manufacture of garments, and many skilled workers who are familiar with fabrics and familiar with garment technology have the basis of developing "old clothes recycling" industry. People pointed out that Ningbo should also introduce measures to promote the development of the old garment recycling industry. On the one hand, we should speed up the recycling and reuse of old clothes, and promote on the other hand. social resources Save and reuse.