According to the Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART), every used garment and household textile material can be reused. When clothes end up in landfills, they create greenhouse gases, so recycling them with Planet Aid instead helps diminish the forces that contribute to climate change. Reusing the fabric in old clothes means fewer resources, both monetary and environmental, are wasted in growing fiber for new ones.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 16.2 million tons of textile waste was produced in 2014. Of this number, 2.62 million tons were recycled, 3.14 million tons for oil recycling were combusted, and 10.46 million tons were sent to the landfill. Thus, it could be said that the amount of textile waste produced by the US has doubled over the last 20 years, according to estimates.
Consumers are considered the principal flaws in tossing their discarded garments out since only 15% of used apparel is reclaimed, while the producers recycle over 75% of pre-use apparel. Every year the average customer consumes 60 percent more clothing pieces and retains them for only twice as long as 15 years ago, creating a large amount of waste.
