Agree with all that. On the topic of clothing, any decent charity shop wouldn't accept clothes that I give up on *but* I always buy natural fibres and these are compostable (eventually). It's the synthetics which are the problem so if you get clothes only of natural materials you will not only cut down on landfill but reduce dependence on oil and seriously nasty chemical processes.
Paul
(wardrobe by OXFAM)
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Originally Posted by honeybee ......... Also shocked to hear a report about how much landfill space is taken up by clothing (11% I think)which could have been sent to charity shops/recycled. When it breaks down it produces methane etc. Also a lot of new clothing is made by very un-green methods using nasty dyes etc.
Personally think recycling should be law and people shouldn't be so lazy. |