What kind of experience is it to wear food | Low -carbon life · clothing chapter (4)

Handbag made of pineapple,

Button made of potatoes

Dress made with bananas.

Are you curious?

We are not talking about this.

Before talking about how to wear it,

Let's talk about why you wear food.

10%of the world's annual greenhouse gas emissions

And 20%of drinking water waste,

They are all related to the fast fashion industry.

If we do not change our behavior,

Then by 2050,

The share of carbon budget in the fashion industry

It may jump to 26%.

what can we do?

Recycling and using sustainable fabrics.

Through the recycling of existing materials,

Can reduce cotton production

Or demand for raw materials such as oil mining.

It will also reduce energy consumption and water resources,

Use 1000 kg regenerative cotton yarn

It can reduce carbon dioxide emissions 6,600 kg,

Save 2783 cubic meters of irrigation water.

There are two ways to recover fabrics.

The first is to recover the fabric from the clothing,

But the recycling of old clothes is complicated.

But actually,

Many clothes are used as broken cloth before processing.

In the European Union,

About 35%of donations have become industrial cloth,

Used to fill furniture, insulation materials or make carpets.

Except for the recycling of old clothes,

Other recycling materials can also be made into recycled fabrics,

The most common one is: plastic bottle.

After various processing process, they

Can be used to make new clothing or other textile products.

Repreve is a abandoned plastic bottle

American manufacturer made of regenerative polyester,

Many fashion brands are used

This fabric replaces primitive polyester.

Aquifil collects abandoned fishing nets

Create one with the old carpet

The fabric named Econyl.

Econyl fabric is very popular in the swimwear brand.

There are many regenerative fabrics

It is designed with food garbage.

Plant waste can be in different ways

Converted into sustainable fabrics.

Plants' stems, seeds, leaves or peels

All can be used to make recyclable fabrics.

Like banana fabric is a plant -based natural textile,

It comes from the stems or peel of banana plants.

Bananatex is a banana fabric made in the Philippines,

Known as the first waterproof banana fabric

ParbleX is also a sustainable material,

It is made of recycled potato waste.

Parblex does not contain harmful chemicals,

And sturdy, durable,

It has been used in the fashion industry

Glasses frame and button production,

To reduce plastic waste.

Pineapple fabric, also known as Piña fabric,

It is another ancient technology,

It has become popular now.

Pi 由a fabric is made of pineapple leaves,

Scrape and clean it first,

Then dry and dry and knot into a yarn.

Make a fabric ratio with recycling materials

Use the original material to consume less energy,

Regenerative fabrics are helping fashion turning

A more cycle of mode plays an important role.

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