![]() ![]() H&M, for example, has allowed customers to bring unwanted garments - which will be transformed to recycled textile fibers for new products - since 2013. ![]() Several clothing retailers have announced take-back programs that collect used garments from customers to be recycled, sold or remade into other clothing. ![]() I'm getting all this stuff from fast fashion and I'm hearing from clients that it's hurting them."ĭo Retailers' Recycling Programs Encourage Consumerism? "I can't say for sure, but the secondhand H&Ms would probably be in less demand than a garment that was produced with more quality. "It's very damaging to the environment, this fast fashion culture, and it also affects the secondhand market because these clothes aren't meant to be used for so long," he says. ![]() But if the quality is questionable, more of the garments collected might have to head to the shredding bin rather than the second-hand clothes market. The companies then sort through the clothes, separating those that will be made into other low-grade fiber products and those that will be exported.īaruchowitz says the most valuable part of a sorting company's business is in selling reusable second-hand clothing. Fast fashion and the disposable culture also hurt sorting companies that export second-hand clothing.Īdam Baruchowitz, founder of Wearable Collections in New York City, collects second-hand clothing and sells it to sorting companies. ![]()
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