Brazil ignores 4 million tonnes of textile waste per year | The economy
Brazilian homes ignore about 4 million tonnes of textile waste every year. Only last year, every residence in the country dismissed 44 pounds of clothes and shoes.
The data was released by the International Consultancy S2F Partners, which is a hub of waste management and circular economy.
“Unlike other departments forwarded in the selective collection process, the textile sector should include some initiative in this regard,” said Carlos Silva Philho, a member of the United Nations (UN) board member of the S2F partners and waste issues.
There are still many challenges in the face of these types of waste, the time of rotting some tissues, it takes five to ten years and it can take hundreds of years for others to decompose, ”he explained.
Considering the entire universe of the deskartes, each Brazilian poses 382 pounds by 2023, and most of these waste is organic fraction (45.3%), then dry waste (33.6%). This amount of textile waste, leather and rubbers is 5.6%and a total of 4.6 million tonnes in the year.
It is now estimated that the garment sector is responsible for the textile sector between 2% to 8% of the greenhouse air emissions worldwide and consumes 215 trillion liters of water per year, equivalent to about 86 million Olympic pools.
According to Silva Philho, large -scale -produced fast fashion with low prices and fast turnover, leading to buying more, but for less time, at a cost of $ 460 billion per year.
“When you notice the amount of discarded garment remnants in homes, you will light the red light of the priority of stability in the product line and fashion in the world, a way to reprimize the useful life with more opportunities and recycling, but a maximum attempt to reconsider, but is always a maximum attempt to reconsider.
