Waste Textile Waste Astonishing, Recycling Chemical Fiber More Than Daqing

"Xinhua viewpoint" quotes China spin The data calculated by the Federation of industry revealed a surprising waste of old clothes: if all the waste textiles in China were recycled, the chemical fiber and natural fiber that could be provided each year would be equivalent to saving 24 million tons of crude oil, more than half of the output of Daqing Oilfield.

So, what should be done with the clothes that the owners no longer need? In the traditional way, they may donate them to relatives and friends with poor economic conditions in the early years, and then to the remote and poor areas. In the past two years, we can see some information about donated clothes on Weibo, but some of them will be refuted, saying that the address and telephone do not exist, or the other party does not need to wait.

Wang Changlin, 36, is the only teacher in Nawang primary school in Yata Town, Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province. He recalls that during his 14 years of teaching here, almost every winter, students were unable to continue their classes because of family difficulties and lack of winter clothes.

Wang Changlin: it's very cold every year when classes begin in September. When the children came to the classroom, their hands were frozen and their clothes were very thin. Many people cried. When the exam is over, let them do their homework. The only way I can do it is to heat my hands.

At the end of last year, several college students who went to poverty alleviation began to help Mr. Wang release help information, appealing for donations of old clothes. Only then did Mr. Wang know that there were microblogs and post bars so that they could send out their own needs. He told reporters that this semester, the school has received 400 pieces of clothes sent from all over the country in personal name, and the adults living in difficulties in the village have also been "stained with light".

Wang Changlin: ask their grandparents to come here and choose by themselves. They are very happy to take them home.

yes Donate clothes There is a need for, and a great role for. So what do you do with your old clothes?

Interviewee: every year, our family will sort out the old clothes of good quality and then mail them to the poor areas. We also contact the donated schools.

Interviewee: or they just throw it away. It hurts. I think it's better to donate it to those who need it. I haven't found a place to send it.

Interviewee: in the past, old clothes were donated to poor areas. At that time, people were very popular. Our clothes were given to new people instead of rags. The rest is piled up there, taking up space.

Interviewee: at the beginning, they called their warehouse and asked me whether they donated old clothes or new ones. They said that they didn't want old clothes. There was no place to pick them up for the time being, and they couldn't put them in the warehouse.

Come to the office of Zhejiang Changxing spring silkworm public welfare Volunteer Association. In the 30 square meter warehouse, sacks filled with clothes from caring people. Clean autumn and winter clothes are piled up in the warehouse more than 2 meters high, and even the tags on some clothes have not been picked. Xu Xiaoling, a volunteer, told us that these clothes were sent by caring people in autumn and winter last year. Now, fewer and fewer people want clothes. Although some have been sent out this year, it is obvious that it is easier and easier to donate clothes, but donating them has become a big problem.

Xu Xiaoling: like donating clothes, you don't need to contact. Now there are a lot of people who love to donate clothes. Basically, we take the initiative to find other people, but we seldom come to us.

At present, there are more than 10000 pieces of old clothes in Changxing. Xu Xiaoling told reporters that with the improvement of people's living standards, the demand for old clothes is becoming less and less, which is bound to cause a backlog of old clothes. Moreover, some citizens are reluctant to accept donations of old clothes for the sake of face.

Xu Ling happened to meet some of his parents who didn't want to donate clothes at the primary school. Some of his parents didn't want to donate clothes at the school.

If local donations can't go out, have you ever considered donating to poor people in other places? Xu Xiaoling said that they didn't think about donating from other places, but they were deterred by the high cost of manpower and expenses.

Xu Xiaoling: we have these difficulties in donating them to other places. First of all, the clothes are piled up so much that they need to be transported to poor mountainous areas. We don't know where they need them. There is also the difficulty of freight, not a small object tens of yuan, we have so many supplies, how much freight, if the cost is so much, sometimes think about it is better to donate money directly.

According to Xu Xiaoling, after receiving an old piece of clothing, it has to be sorted, cleaned, dried and dried Disinfection If the overstocking time of old clothes is too long, the workload will be very heavy. Now they often pack and pack over and over.

Xu Xiaoling: if you can't donate, you can find people everywhere. You can contact people here and there. Sometimes, you can organize a few loving people to rearrange the packed items. Some of the good ones will be picked out again, and the bad ones will be piled up there.

The Changxing spring silkworm volunteer team is a non-governmental and purely public welfare organization. Considering the cost and waste of resources, the number of used clothes they receive in the past two years is also less and less.

Xu Xiaoling: I can't donate any more. Only a small amount of money can be collected. In the past two years, it's very difficult for ordinary people to collect, sort out and send them. Now, people with love need to send them. We sometimes tell them to wait for a little time to donate.

The plight of donating clothes has made it difficult for Xu Xiaoling and her spring silkworm volunteers. Now what they want most is to give these clothes to those who need them most.

Xiao Ling, we don't want to put these things in here now.

The reporter called the Civil Affairs Bureau of Tongxiang City, the Charity Association of Tongxiang City and the Red Cross Society of Tongxiang City. All three places made it clear that they would no longer accept donations of old clothes, but only accept brand-new clothes without cutting marks. A charity worker told us that given the high cost of donating used clothes, the organization could not afford it.

Staff: we don't organize donation of old clothes now. There are costs in them. We can't send them out. Old clothes, we want to do good things, he may not be able to send, put in our place is also relatively high cost, we do not do this piece now, we still accept new clothes.

At present, the problems encountered in clothing donation include: in economically developed areas, it is not easy to find people who need clothes locally. If they are sent to other places, the transportation cost is high. Some people say that it is better to buy new clothes. In addition, local preservation requires human and material resources, which are all problems. So, can't this practice, which could have made both sides convenient and save resources, really fail?

Qiao Ying, who is in charge of the project of "love for young people", has worked out a set of methods for the development of China Youth Foundation. Qiao Ying said that they inquired about the demand and contacted the laundry and logistics companies for cooperation. Finally, in 2012, they pulled the first truck of 10000 pieces of used clothes and transported them to Liangshan, Sichuan Province.

Qiao Ying: the first time we collected 10000 pieces of clothes, we let Rongchang disinfect them all. We made bags specially, one bag for each garment. The main problem of Dezhou transportation is to help us solve the transportation problem. After they were transported to Liangshan, they were sent out. At that time, the effect was very good. After arriving in each village, they saw that the clothes were packed separately, and they were cotton padded clothes and transparent bags. People liked them very much when they could see the clothes and colors.

Qiao Ying said that in order to solve the financial difficulties, they are trying to classify the recovered clothes. In addition to donation and charity sale, they will also find places for some middle and high-grade clothes or those old and worn clothes, so as to obtain a little profit, which will be used as a subsidy for the recycling and donation of old clothes

Qiao Ying: starting from this year, we will put some of the best clothes: for example, some of them are brand-name and more expensive. We will find some clothing boutiques to sell them for charity at a slightly higher price, such as Gucci or Chanel. The original price may be tens of thousands of yuan. We will sell several hundred yuan to young people who just work, those who want famous brands but can't afford them Some secondhand ones. In addition, we will collect unusable clothes and give them to recycled fiber factories for beating and fiber recycling.

On the one hand, it is a huge waste, on the other hand, it is in short supply of resources. According to Gao Yong, vice president of China Textile Industry Federation, in 2013, the world's total fiber processing reached 92.3 million tons, accounting for more than half of China's total. As a big fiber consuming country, the tight raw materials will restrict the development of textile industry. On the one hand, there is a huge prospect of utilization, on the other hand, it is difficult to recycle. Some experts have said that there are no technical problems in turning old clothes into treasure, and their functions are constantly bringing forth new ones: for example, they can be used as thermal insulation layer, industrial cloth, curtain cloth, and waterproof reinforcing materials that can replace traditional waterproof base materials, etc. they are not only used for wearing, but also cheap raw materials with wide sources of activated carbon.