Living Standards Improve How To Handle Old Clothes

With the improvement of people's living standard, fast fashion has become a new normal consumption. On the day of April, everyone began to "change season" for clothes, and those outdated clothes became "chicken ribs". It's a pity to leave the place and throw it away. Many people find it difficult to handle the old clothes. Some have been sent to relatives and friends, and some have been donated to charity organizations, but only a small portion has been digested. There are more good places for old clothes to be used.

　　 used clothes It's a pity to leave useless.

"The new three years, the old three years, sewing and mending three years" is gone forever. "In the old days, there were old clothes at home. But now the living conditions in the countryside are better. No one wants to wear other people's old clothes again. In April 7th, Ms. Ma of Pingdingshan told reporters that "children's old clothes are also more beneficial." Her child is less than 2 years old. From birth to the present, many clothes are worn by her cousin's family. Children grow fast, and some clothes that are not worn can be washed and sent to other relatives and children.

Zhengzhou citizen Xiao Zhao, who loves fashion, told reporters that "online shopping is convenient and cheap, so every season will buy lots of new clothes for itself." Over the years, the family has accumulated a large number of old clothes that are "eliminated". "Like us after 80, basically are the only child, no brothers and sisters can wear round, old clothes pile up there as a burden."

Old clothes have not been where they used to be, and new clothes are bought from home. The reporter interviewed found that most people had the same trouble with Xiao Zhao.

"I will make some small handcrafts from my old clothes," she said. "It's a personal hobby of Zhengzhou." But clothes that can be used are really too limited. Many people want to find a more valuable "home" for their old clothes. After all, it is a dress, some even wear several times, intact, the reuse of waste clothes, the re creation of value is also the best use.

　　 donation What to donate?

According to the latest data of China Resources Comprehensive Utilization Association, about 26 million tons of old clothes are thrown into the garbage cans every year in China. The old clothes that have been eliminated become new living garbage. How to deal with the old clothes is a headache for the public.

"Donation of old clothes has become the first choice for the public to solve their troubles. But now there are many problems in accepting old clothes donations. Gao Hui, director of publicity and Planning Department of the Provincial Charity Association, said. First of all, there are many special requirements for the clothes to be donated, such as the ordinary style of down clothing, cotton padded jacket, overcoats and so on. But in the old clothes donated by the citizens, many of them are too fashionable, sometimes they receive some body clothing such as bathing suits. These are not necessary.

In the face of many people who donate clothes, some communities, civil affairs departments and social organizations have joined together to receive old clothes, such as the old clothes donated by the cultural Greentown community of Zhengzhou Jinshui District and the non-governmental organizations "clothing to love", which is a good place for old clothes. Li Liang, Secretary of the Greentown community, told reporters that the event lasted for more than a year, and that old clothes were constantly being received, especially in recent seasons. When the boxes are full, the volunteers who are "affectionate" will publish the data of the clothing collection on the Internet. After sorting and disinfection, they will be donated to the poor mountainous areas. The staff of the rescue section of the 27 District Civil Affairs Bureau of Zhengzhou also said they received 80% new clean clothes except for personal clothing. After being cleaned and sterilized, the clothes were sent to two charity supermarkets in the 27 district for sale. At the same time, the staff said that the clothes they had received recently had been saturated, and they would receive donations after two or three months.

Stones from other hills: resource reuse, focusing on changing ideas.

　　 The value of old clothes The use of foreign countries is more diversified.

In Britain, the guests of new charity shops are not attracted by cheap prices. Buying second-hand clothes becomes a new nostalgic and low-carbon way of consumption. In addition to donating their idle clothes, people will also come to charity shops, volunteer workers and so on. Mr. Chang, who once studied in Britain, told reporters that in these charity shops, volunteers would filter out the clothes they received, leaving those "high-quality goods" and sell them again. Washing clothes here really means "there's always one for you".

In the United States, their disposal is not limited to old clothes that can be recycled. The old clothes are distributed by non-governmental charities all over the United States. Ms. Bai, who emigrated to Boston, said: "in order to facilitate donations to the public, local charities have almost every community with collection boxes for old clothes for the public to put in old idle clothes at home. These old clothes were sent to second-hand clothing stores, materials recycling institutions and third world countries after charity organization's recycling, sorting, cleaning and disinfection.

In addition to extending the old clothes to the shelves for sale, the old clothes can also produce other textiles after recycling. In China's Nanjing, the "zero abandonment of old clothes" activities gradually penetrated into the lives of ordinary people. The clothing recycling campaign launched in 2014 by the Nanjing Zhong Wei Xin Textile Technology Co., Ltd. as a specific implementation unit, "through the establishment of recycling system, sorting centers and production of recycled fiber, not only completed the clothing donation to the poor areas, but also used the old clothing resources." Liu Yue, executive director of the company, said that at present, the production of old clothes in Nanjing Jiangning district (pilot) is about 100 thousand tons / year, while the daily recovery of old clothes is 400 kilograms to 500 kilograms. The daily recovery accounts for only 0.5% to 1% of the daily sorting and fiber processing output of the company. "We hope that the government, the social and industrial sectors will actively promote the habit of putting the old clothes into the recycling bin, instead of throwing it away as rubbish, so that we can make more use of old clothes." Liu Yue appealed.

This project provides environmental services for the community, and helps one thousand or two thousand people in poverty in the same year. It helps more than 50 communities to solve the problem that the old clothes can not be disposed of, and realizes the industrialization of resources.

Recycling system: industry legalization, development depends on policy.

Some people think that the old clothes thrown away, or they are burdled or burned in the garbage disposal field, have an impact on the environment, or they are recovered by individual small traders and have not been sterilized to enter the illegal second-hand clothing circulation market.

In fact, the recycling and sale of old clothes is not a scene of "dirty and messy". In recent years, the industry has also attracted national attention. As early as December 2011, the national development and Reform Commission's "12th Five-Year" comprehensive utilization of resources guidance points clearly pointed out: "establish waste textile recycling system, carry out R & D of common key technologies of comprehensive utilization of waste textiles, expand the market of recycled textiles, and initially form an industrial chain for recycling, classification, processing and utilization."

In the industry, the fundamental problem that restricts the development of our old clothing market is its legitimacy and related subsidy policies. It is believed that the transaction and reuse of old clothes should be carried out under the supervision of sound laws and regulations, and should be guided by the relevant government departments, in line with strict and standard industry standards. Before the transaction, there should be legitimate, standardized organizations to recycle, clean and disinfect. In the market, we should refer to the "charity store" and "second-hand clothing store" in Europe and America. At the same time, encouraging the public to change their negative attitudes towards old clothes will also greatly reduce the cost of social participation in the treatment of old clothes and reduce the environmental pollution caused by them.