*[Enwl-eng] Incinerate or dump it overseas: synthetic clothing leaves us with no good options

[ecology]

                        Corporations must take responsibility for the 
clothing waste they've created.









                        Manufacturers Sold Us Mountains of Synthetic 
Clothing That Can't Be Composted or Recycled. Demand They Take 
Accountability!



                        Sign Now



                        End-of-life clothing. It's those shirts or leggings 
that are damaged or stained. They can't be donated. No one wants them. 
There's no clear ethical or sustainable option. So what do we do with these 
items? It's a recurring question, and so far, there haven't been any good 
choices.

                        The problem has been getting worse over time. The 
fast-fashion industry pumps out approximately 100 billion clothing items 
every year — a number that keeps climbing. It gets even worse when we 
consider what these clothes are made of. Fast-fashion garments rely 
predominantly on fossil fuels to create their clothing, prioritizing 
man-made synthetic fabrics like polyester and nylon. At this point, experts 
estimate that 70% of clothing is made with synthetics.



                        There's no clear way to recycle or reuse polyester 
and nylon clothing. It can't be composted. It's difficult to turn into rags 
for cleaning because it's non-absorbent. And when these items are in 
less-than-perfect conditions, thrift stores and charity shops don't want 
them.

                        As a result, most of these worn-out clothes are 
either incinerated — which is as bad for air pollution as coal-burning — or 
sent off to giant landfills in the Global South.

                        That's people are joining the #TakeItBack movement 
in the UK, forcing corporations to come face-to-face with the mess they've 
made. Customers are mailing their used synthetic garments back to the shops 
that sold the items and asking: "What's your plan to deal with all this 
waste you created?"

                        Luckily, the EU is set to act on this crisis. It's 
preparing to implement something called "Extended Producer Responsibility" 
(EPR) within the next few years, requiring producers to take accountability 
for their waste. This will put the burden back where it belongs — with the 
producers who created these items to begin with.



                        The UK must follow the EU's lead and mandate EPR as 
well! Sign the petition now!







                 Thank you,

                        Celeste

                        Care2 Petitions Team



                        P.S. Demand that the UK implement mandatory Extended 
Producer Responsibility for clothing manufacturers! They sold us endless 
mountains of non-recyclable, synthetic clothes. Now they need to take 
ownership for fixing this mess. Sign the petition.

                             Sign Now









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From: Celeste S., Care2 Action Alerts <actionalerts at care2.com>
Date: пн, 19 мая 2025 г. в 05:49
Subject: Incinerate or dump it overseas: synthetic clothing leaves us with 
no good options

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