How to wear it to be low -carbon fashion?| Low -carbon life · clothing chapter (2)

Although linen fabrics and wool fabrics,

They are the lowest and highest carbon rows.

It's not for the public to only buy linen clothing,

Do not buy wool clothes.

The most effective way to reduce emission reduction,

Still buy on demand,

And try to extend the service life of the clothing.

Although the carbon emission factor is very high, the wool is very high,

But if you can wear it for many years,

It's lower than other materials that are not durable.

From 2000 to 2015,

Clothing sales have doubled,

The average number of clothes for clothing decreased by 36%.

If the average number of clothes in a piece of clothing has doubled,

Greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by 44%.

If you can reduce the purchase volume,

That's better.

Take one few clothes per person per year as an example, as an example,

Buy one less 500 grams of clothes,

Even the low -carbon linen,

It can also reduce carbon dioxide emissions of 8 kg.

Suppose 1%of people in the country buy one less dress every year,

The reduction of carbon emissions is 112,000 tons of carbon dioxide.

But the current waste of clothing is extremely serious,

Only 13%of the world's clothes are recycled,

Less than 1%were recovered into new clothes.

In the United States, the number of clothing shoes and hats is abandoned every year

About 1.4 million tons in 1960

Increased to more than 13 million tons in 2018,

About 70 % of them were finally landed,

Only 13%are recovered into new clothes or used for other purposes.

In addition to reducing purchases,

How to wear lower carbon for the clothes that have been purchased?

80%carbon emissions of a piece of clothing

Release during cleaning and drying.

Especially now many families start using dryers,

The carbon emissions of the drying process of clothes began to rise.

Use room temperature water during laundry,

Don't use hot water;

After the clothes are washed,

Hanging on the clothes rope to dry naturally,

Don't put it in the dryer.

This can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80%.

Some environmentally friendly countries in the United States,

The "carbon label" on clothing has appeared,

It even provides a "ID card" for each dress,

It can track the entire life cycle of the clothing,

Helps reduce waste.

After scanning the "ID card",

You can provide clothing styling suggestions,

Nursing description, resale information.

Or at the end of the life of the clothes,

Recycling it.

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