Can we really recycle our old clothes?
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Every year, nearly 100 billion items of clothing are produced – and 65% of them end up in a landfill within 12 months. New technologies in textile recycling may be able to curb that waste – while producing a host of sustainable materials. #planeta #recycling #fastfashion #circulareconomy #textileindustry We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Follow Planet A on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?lang=en Credits: Report: Dave Braneck Video Editor: Frederik Willmann Supervising Editor: Michael Trobridge Fact Check: Alexander Paquet Thumbnail: Ém Chabridon Read More: McKinsey - Scaling Textile Recycling in Europe https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/retail/our-insights/scaling-textile-recycling-in-europe-turning-waste-into-value NY Times - Will We Ever Be Able to Recycle Our Clothes Like an Aluminum Can? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/style/clothing-recycling.html EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles https://environment.ec.europa.eu/strategy/textiles-strategy_en Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:46 Textile waste's global impact 02:47 How do you actually recycle clothes? 03:50 New approaches to textile recycling 07:41 What else needs solving? 11:41 Can we even recycle all the clothes we make?
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