What do you do with your clothes once you are finished with them? Take them to the op shop? Chuck them in the bin? Put them in the rag waste? Or recycle them yourself?
Have you ever wondered what happens to the clothing that you donate? A lot of donated clothing ends up in landfill. The "perfectly good" clothing you put in the clothing bin may also be shredded to make rag waste for cleaning industrial machinery. While this is recycling, it wastes clothing that could be worn again.
The fashion industry is one of the dirtiest in the world, responsible for around 10 per cent of global climate emissions. Let's apply the six Rs of the zero waste inverted pyramid: refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle, rot.
Refuse to buy clothing you don't need! This is a hard one for me because I love clothes and fashion.
I refuse to buy a lot of new clothing and I refuse to buy heavily branded clothing. If brands want me to advertise their stuff, they should pay me! Instead of buying new clothing, I mostly shop from op shops and make my own, where possible from second hand fabric.