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Below are a few reasons why we'd like to see Grand Rapids include apparel in sustainability conversations and take action to help our Great Lakes State become the most sustainably dressed region in the nation. Did you know that apparel is one of our worlds most toxic and wasteful industries and a top polluter of clean water?
After reading the sobering info below about your old clothes, find out why we're so excited about providing the best of sustainably manufactured apparel items that can take the place of 2, 3 or 4 and gratify you more...Check out a new bestseller--Clothing Matters' own design:
A 3 (or more) length skirt that serves as a healthy, comfortable shaper to smooth contours, is also a sheath top for over a camisole & under a cardigan...is also a 4 season infinity scarf and hood to keep you cozy, comfy and chic. Designed, cut and sewn by our own team, made of the best blends, available in hemp/organic cotton or bamboo/organic cotton, at $29.
You probably have too many clothes, and a pathetically small percentage of used clothing donated to nonprofits ends up serving any significant value.
From MSN Money/Newsweek 9/3/16:
"According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 84 percent of unwanted clothes in the United States in 2012 went into either a landfill or an incinerator.When natural fibers, like cotton, linen and silk, or semi-synthetic fibers created from plant-based cellulose, like rayon, Tencel and modal, are buried in a landfill, in one sense they act like food waste, producing the potent greenhouse gas methane as they degrade. But unlike banana peels, you can’t compost old clothes, even if they're made of natural materials. “Natural fibers go through a lot of unnatural processes on their way to becoming clothing,” says Jason Kibbey, CEO of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. “They’ve been bleached, dyed, printed on, scoured in chemical baths.” Those chemicals can leach from the textiles and — in improperly sealed landfills — into groundwater. Burning the items in incinerators can release those toxins into the air.
Meanwhile, synthetic fibers, like polyester, nylon and acrylic, have the same environmental drawbacks, and because they are essentially a type of plastic made from petroleum, they will take hundreds of years, if not a thousand, to biodegrade."
For full article: http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/no-one-wants-your-old-clothes/ar-AAim8tF#image=2
After reading the sobering info below about your old clothes, find out why we're so excited about providing the best of sustainably manufactured apparel items that can take the place of 2, 3 or 4 and gratify you more...Check out a new bestseller--Clothing Matters' own design:
A 3 (or more) length skirt that serves as a healthy, comfortable shaper to smooth contours, is also a sheath top for over a camisole & under a cardigan...is also a 4 season infinity scarf and hood to keep you cozy, comfy and chic. Designed, cut and sewn by our own team, made of the best blends, available in hemp/organic cotton or bamboo/organic cotton, at $29.
You probably have too many clothes, and a pathetically small percentage of used clothing donated to nonprofits ends up serving any significant value.
From MSN Money/Newsweek 9/3/16:
"According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 84 percent of unwanted clothes in the United States in 2012 went into either a landfill or an incinerator.When natural fibers, like cotton, linen and silk, or semi-synthetic fibers created from plant-based cellulose, like rayon, Tencel and modal, are buried in a landfill, in one sense they act like food waste, producing the potent greenhouse gas methane as they degrade. But unlike banana peels, you can’t compost old clothes, even if they're made of natural materials. “Natural fibers go through a lot of unnatural processes on their way to becoming clothing,” says Jason Kibbey, CEO of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. “They’ve been bleached, dyed, printed on, scoured in chemical baths.” Those chemicals can leach from the textiles and — in improperly sealed landfills — into groundwater. Burning the items in incinerators can release those toxins into the air.
Meanwhile, synthetic fibers, like polyester, nylon and acrylic, have the same environmental drawbacks, and because they are essentially a type of plastic made from petroleum, they will take hundreds of years, if not a thousand, to biodegrade."
For full article: http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/no-one-wants-your-old-clothes/ar-AAim8tF#image=2
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