09/08/2024
Clothes recycling and reuse saves vital natural resources and helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Secondhand clothes and shoes fuel a circular economy that benefits millions of people.
By donating, reusing and recycling clothing you have a direct, positive impact on the environment. Each pound of textiles diverted from landfills is reused, contributing to the protection of our Earth’s finite resources.
Donate at *BasantaGiri Aid Chest* and make a difference. Together let’s ignite change to help the environment and people .
Clothes recycling and reuse reduces the need to manufacture new clothes, which in turn reduces the use of water, chemicals and pesticides and reduces C02 pollution.
With so many people deprived of basic clothing, if you have the luxury of having more clothes than you need, it is your moral responsibility to try and help the underprivileged! And so is your responsibility towards the planet, towards your future generations, and your own self that you dispose of clothes more responsibly so that you can stay trendy and yet practice sustainability.
We must aim to reduce the wastage of textiles and attempt to use them more efficiently.
While the textiles coming from natural resources can still be decomposed, the synthetic fibers which are used in abundance in the world of fast fashion clothing contribute to nothing but landfills and pollution. With around 60% of customers throwing away their clothes in the first year of buying them, an estimated 18.6 million tons of clothing was thrown away in landfills in the year 2020 and the number is just exponentially increasing.
Clothing is not just a means of covering one's body; decent clothing also protects a person from hostile environmental conditions and gives them a sense of dignity. As of 2023, more than 92 million tonnes of textile waste is created every year and the textile industry is the second most polluted industry in the world.
In the present time, when the fortunate are obsessed with fashion to the extent that they do not like to repeat clothes more than once, the other side of the coin shows the plight of those who struggle to manage a decent piece of clothing for themselves.
Not only this- imagine the plight of the environment! How many resources are plundered to supply the unsatiating demand of fast fashion everyday! There are a lot better ways to stay fashionable while you remain in harmony with nature.
Your rejected piece of clothing may be treasured by the person who receives it. There are a few things to keep in mind if you plan to donate your clothes :
1. Make sure that the donated clothes are in wearable condition ,
2. Try and wash and fold the clothes before donating them.
Be sure if you donate the clothes to *Basantagiri Aid Chest* it reaches the people who need them and who live in the remotest places of Assam.
