Reduce - buy jeans that last a lifetime.
Reuse - buy your jeans from a thrift store.
Recycle - this?
So it’s the last choice, but most clothes today just end up in the trash, since durability is fairly awful. Even after one wash some clothes start to lose their shape and color. What will the durability of recycled clothes look like if the recycling inputs are so poor? Will people pay any less for these clothes?
I wonder if brands will be trying to recycle clothes that have never been worn but went out of fashion?
So it’s the last choice, but most clothes today just end up in the trash, since durability is fairly awful. Even after one wash some clothes start to lose their shape and color. What will the durability of recycled clothes look like if the recycling inputs are so poor? Will people pay any less for these clothes?
I wonder if brands will be trying to recycle clothes that have never been worn but went out of fashion?