Page 8 - Eco-Schools Newsletter - Autumn Term One 2022 - English

Examples of making Circular Changes

Circular Fashion at School With Halloween, World Book Day

Circular Fashion Ysgol Bodnant in Denbighshire found and other themed days that involve

sparsely worn clothes, there are
An area where potentially significant huge success with their annual opportunities for your school to
changes can be made is with the When clothes reach the end of their Christmas Jumper stall. Pupils and promote circular fashion all year

textiles industry. An incredible 100 usability, it is difficult to recycle the parents embraced the opportunity round!

billion items of clothing are produced material. This is often due to the to donate unwanted festive clothing
each year, that’s nearly 14 items for mixture of fabrics used in the item and, for a small donation, get a new

every human being on the planet. itself or the stitching, as well as Christmas Jumper to enjoy. They

buttons, zips and other adornments have since gone on to hold a coats

Shockingly, three out of five of these that need to be removed. sale which has also proved popular.
items will end up in landfill within

a year! Many items of clothing are In a circular world, design is key

made wholly or partly from synthetic to make it as easy as possible

materials, which means they will to recycle clothes. For example,
take a very long time to decompose some companies are developing

back into nature, if at all. dissolvable stitching that can be

melted away to make the recycling
Making clothes from new process easier and more efficient.

materials is very demanding on Designing clothes to stand the test of

the environment, for example, the time can also make a big difference
huge amounts of water needed to as they can be worn for longer and

grow cotton crops can be seen by passed down if outgrown.

the dramatic shrinkage of the Aral
Sea, as inlet rivers were redirected

for irrigation. Lots of energy is

also needed to manufacture and
transport garments.