Clothing, towels, bedding and other textiles take up about five percent of space in landfills. Throwing away textiles is a wasteful practice. Manufacturing clothing takes a lot of resources. The textile industry is known for being hard on the planet and the people working and living near textile factories. Throwing away clothing means also throwing away all of the resources that went into making it. Here are three tips to support reuse and recycling of clothes.
You throw away about 80 pounds of clothing each year. Here’s what you can do instead.
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