Let’s keep clothing out of our landfills Approximately 93% of
all textile waste diverted to recycling is successfully
reclaimed, yet 85% goes directly to landfills.Posted May 24,
2010 Did you know that approximately 12 million tons of textile
waste is generated each year in North America amounting to
approximately 68 lbs of waste per household per year! An
astounding 5% of all landfill production is textile waste. So,
what can we do as individuals to help reduce this environmental
impact? The textile recycling industry is one of the first
recycling industries to be formed. Given the maturity of this
industry it is very, very efficient. In fact, approximately 93%
of all textile waste diverted to recycling is successfully
reclaimed with about 35% going out as used clothing, 33% as
reprocessed fibers (filler in vehicle seats and, upholstery,
insulation, etc), 25% is converted to cloth wipes and 7% to
landfill. The interesting thing is that there is massive demand
for used clothing, reprocessed fibers and cloth w