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style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">End-of-life clothing. It's those
shirts or leggings that are damaged or stained. They
can't be donated. No one wants them. <B>There's no clear
ethical or sustainable option.</B> <I>So what do we do
with these items?</I> <A
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and so far, there haven't been any good
choices.</B></A><BR><BR>The problem has been getting
worse over time. The fast-fashion industry pumps out
<B>approximately 100 billion clothing items every
year</B> — a number that keeps climbing. It gets even
worse when we consider <B>what these clothes are made
of.</B> Fast-fashion garments rely predominantly on
<B>fossil fuels</B> to create their clothing,
prioritizing man-made <B>synthetic fabrics like
polyester and nylon.</B> At this point, experts estimate
that 70% of clothing is made with synthetics.</SPAN></P>
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recycle or reuse polyester and nylon clothing.</B></I>
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.<BR><BR>As a result,
<B>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.</B><BR><BR>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?"<BR><BR>Luckily, <B>the EU is set to act on
this crisis.</B> It's preparing to implement something
called <B>"Extended Producer Responsibility" (EPR)</B>
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.</SPAN></P>
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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. <A
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