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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.
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