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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.