Post on 25-Feb-2016
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Clothing Recycling / Take-back Programs
“Personnes” / “No Man’s Land” by Christian Boltanski
How do you get rid of your unwanted clothing?
What other options are available?
What is Textile / Clothing Recycling?
• Reuse - the original product function
• Recycling - use of the clothing material properties (e.g. shredded for rags or sound proofing).
• Over 13 million tons of textile waste was generated in 2010.
• 2 million tons (15 percent) of that waste was recovered, recycled, and reused.
downcycling - less demanding, lower value applications
** The full exhibition used 30 tons (60,000 items) of clothing
Rag Collector , 1915Seattle, Washington
Rag Gatherer
Women in the rag room at Crane and Co. (paper mill), 1870s
Ragwasher Washington, D.C., 1915
Wartime Clothing Rationing
“More information alone would not necessarily lead to behavioural
change and new industry initiatives and government intervention are
required.”
Uniqlo's All-Product Recycling Initiative
Clothing and textile waste = art materials
Bed-Stuy Community Quilt Project
Guerra de la Paz
Nick Cave
Sources
Christian Boltanskihttp://tihanavalent.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/003_Canada-copie-1024x825.jpg
Goodwill, 23rd Street, NYChttp://manpurse.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/goodwill23rd.jpg
Environmental Protection Agency websitehttp://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/textiles.htm
“Public Understanding of Sustainable Clothing”http://www.wrap.org.uk/downloads/Public_understanding_of_sustainable_clothing.57a6f666.10843.pdf
“Fast Fashion” image http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9kPmaZL_iwA/Slzu4asNFwI/AAAAAAAABVM/6_tAn9HZiq8/S660/DSC_0022.jpg
Mend and Make Do Campaignshttp://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=12304
Uniqlo ebook The Power of Clothinghttp://www.uniqlo.com/en/csr/
Boltanski explains “No Man’s Land”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO_MaNiYYR8&feature=related
Guerra de la Pazhttp://www.guerradelapaz.com/index2.html