Where Did The Old Clothes Go? How To Reuse Resources

The public said that after the season, she packed up her family's clothes, which was full of three bags. "Now clothes are being replaced very quickly, and every year they pick up a pile of old clothes. I really don't know how to deal with them."

MS Wong said that she had consulted some welfare agencies. The old clothing donation was not "refuse to accept", requiring clothes at least 8, 9 to become new, to disinfect and so on, and most of the old clothes at home did not meet the donation conditions, but it was a pity to throw them away.

At that time, the hawkers who returned the old clothes at home provided convenience.

"Weekly fixed time, there will be tricycles peddlers to recycle old clothes, 5 cents a Jin, can not sell a few dollars, the key diagram is convenient."

But Miss Huang recalled a news report she had read, saying that some areas of old clothing recycling had formed an "underground industry chain", and the recycled old clothes would be broken into "

"Fill in mattresses, Mats and stuffed toys.

"I used to buy a stuffed toy for my grandson at the stalls, but later I found it was filled with all kinds of old clothes and smashed materials. It's unhealthy for children to play for so long."

Ms. Huang asked the peddlers to recycle the clothes. The peddler replied that he would only recycle, no matter how it was used.

Ms Huang worried that she had done some bad things for the convenience of several dollars.

Recycling in Wuhu

What did we do? In April 23rd, in a new clothing recycling point in the new village of labor, reporters saw that the old clothes were stacked in the room, and the recycling traders were calling clothes for the residents. "5 corners and one jin, only a single layer of clothing, Mao coat and cotton padded clothes."

The reporter asked why he did not wear heavy clothing. The dealer said that these old clothes were sold to a foreign trade company in Shanghai for disinfection and then exported to Africa.

According to the peddler, many of the old clothes collected in Wuhu are sold to foreign trade companies for export. "Just like the old clothes sold in China in the past, many people buy" pack "clothes, and now our old clothes are exported.

Another peddler, who knows the market, says that many of the old clothes are sold to some processing plants in the north. After being crushed, they are made into raw materials, processed into felt, made of building insulation, quilts in agricultural greenhouses, etc.

Of course, some "raw materials" are stuffed with low-quality plush toys and black heart quilts.

How do we deal with old clothes? The reporter has learned that as the old clothes burn will cause environmental pollution, how to reuse the waste clothes is a global problem.

In the face of irregular Street "recovery guerrilla", some experts suggest that the relevant government departments can strictly regulate the treatment of old clothes, and all old clothes should be recovered and classified by legal and normative organizations.

State related policies are paying attention to the new industry of textile recycling.

"Charity shops" and "second-hand" abroad

Shops are also worthy of reference for the reuse pattern of old clothes. They also need to encourage the public to change their old concept of old clothes, reduce the cost of handling old clothes in society, and reduce environmental pressure.