Recycling Clothes Can Save Your

Money & Environment

Ages of people who thrift [5] Benefits of Thrifting [3]
Gen Z (18-24)
16% Keeps clothing from going into land fills
Boomers (56+)
31% Saves money compared to mass retail

Improves the environment

Reduces amount of waste

Millennials (25-37) Annual Cost of making new clothing

33%
v. Refurbished [1&3]
Gen X
20%

Ways to reduce your impact in landfills [7]:

Reduce clothing purchases

Buy secondhand clothes at local thrift stores or online.

Reuse recycled textiles by purchasing "recycled content" products

Used Clothes going into landfills[4]

85%
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3. R. Chun-Wei. "Multi-Objective Production Programming to Systematic Sorting and Remanufacturing in Second-Hand Clothing Recycling Industry." <https://www.proquest.com/docview/2424610195?pq-origsite=primo&parentSessionId=jIkIbqQxac4NhcKEBUZZ6EJ6zoC%2BZ86N0vuJr14TB1w%3D>.
accessed on November 2, 2022.
4. F. Lestari. "Thrifting Culture during the Covid-19 Pandemic
and Its Impact on the Environment." <https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2021/93/e3sconf_icenis2021_01006.pdf>. Accessed on November 5, 2022.
5. A. Borskey. "The shift to thrift: Resale market and thrift shopping poses reward for consumers—and the environment". <https://climate360news.lmu.edu/the-shift-to-thrift-resale-market-and-thrift-shopping-poses-reward-for-consumers-and-the-environment/>. Accessed on November 4, 2022.
6. L. Thomas. "Rent the Runway enters $33 billion fashion resale market as it looks to build back from pandemic lows." <https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/02/rent-the-runway-enters-33-billion-fashion-resale-market-.html>. Accessed on November 5, 2022.
7. B. Porter. "What Really happens to Unwanted clothes?" <https://www.greenamerica.org/unraveling-fashion-industry/what-really-happens-unwanted-clothes>. Asscessed on November 5, 2022.

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