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mfad17mo ago
Nayyyyy

How Millions Of Jeans Get Recycled Into New Pairs | Insider Business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV_-yJ6NiP8 We make more than a billion pairs of jeans every year. Like most clothing, the vast majority ends up in landfills. In Pakistan, which imports more used clothing than any other nation, one company has figured out a way to recycle old denim, saving water and energy.
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How Millions Of Jeans Get Recycled Into New Pairs | World Wide Wast...
We make more than a billion pairs of jeans every year. Like most clothing, the vast majority ends up in landfills. In Pakistan, which imports more used clothing than any other nation, one company has figured out a way to recycle old denim, saving water and energy. MORE WORLD WIDE WASTE VIDEOS How Used Hotel Soap Gets Recycled Into Brand New Bar...
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yurt
yurt17mo ago
Is a giant recycling plant for 8% recycled fabric really worth it? All you're doing is making 92% of a new pair of jeans (the original problem)
Nayyyyy
NayyyyyOP17mo ago
Depends if you're into incrementalism or not "either small steps", or "why bother lol?"
yurt
yurt17mo ago
ok but there's like, increments that further progress can be made on and ones that can't
Nayyyyy
NayyyyyOP17mo ago
interesting the bloke in Pakistan started a decade ago. certainly H&M has been accused of greenwashing from it's recent attempts and 2030 set deadlinee but yes, even at the end of the video the main vibe is "reducing consumption is better than recycling or consumption" which is a bit of a given nowadys
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