Energize and Organize: Recycle, Reduce and Reuse Clothing Options

Happy Earth Day, 2019

Did you know ...

• Since 2000, manufacturing low-quality clothing quickly to meet fashion cycles has been on the rise.
• On average, 100 billion garments are produced every years.  That's 14 pieces of clothing for every person on Earth!
• Less than 1% of materials in clothing are recycled into new textiles and fibers even though they can be.
• More clothing, less wear.  In the last 15 years, clothing production has approximately doubled.  This has also resulted in people keeping their clothing about half as long as they did 15 years ago.
• Globally, customers miss out on $460 billion of value each year by throwing away clothing that they could continue to wear. 
• One garbage truck of clothing (2,625 kg) is burned or landfilled every second.  That's because low-quality garments are often discarded after 7 or 8 wears.

(Source: Google, Earth Day)

What can be done to recycle, reduce and reuse your unwanted clothing items today and every day?  In additon to donating clothing to charities and sharing/swapping clothing with family and friends, consider fashion resale.  Here are some interesting sites to explore ... 

ThredUp
www.thredup.com

Poshmark
www.poshmark.com

Tradesy
www.tradesy.com

Etsy
www.etsy.com

The RealReal
www.realreal.com

Ebay
www.ebay.com

Kidizen
www.kidizen.com

Don't forget ...
"If everyone in the US bought just one item used instead of new in 2019, it would save nearly 6 billion pounds of carbon emissions—the equivalent of taking over half a million cars off the road for an entire year."  
(Source:  Thredup.com)

​Remember, if you need professional organizing assistance and support with your family life, home and/or office, you are cordially invited to contact ...
Donna LaRoche, M.Ed., Professional Organizer Serving Cape Cod, Metro West and Eastern Massachusetts  Contact 617.640.2366     www.energizeandorganize.com