How Millions Of Jeans Get Recycled Into New Pairs | Insider Business
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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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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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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)
Depends if you're into incrementalism or not
"either small steps", or "why bother lol?"
ok but there's like, increments that further progress can be made on and ones that can't
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