"Zero Discarding Of Old Clothes - Old Clothes Recycling Activity Of Chinese Brand Clothing Enterprises" Was Officially Launched

June 14, 2014, by Ministry of Civil Affairs Under the guidance of China Textile Industry Federation and China Ecological Civilization Research and Promotion Association, the "Zero Abandonment of Old Clothes - Old Clothes Recycling Activity of Chinese Brand Clothing Enterprises" was officially launched. Dou Yupei, Vice Minister of Civil Affairs, attended the launching ceremony and delivered a speech.

Dou Yupei pointed out that "zero discarding of old clothes" is a significant and far-reaching social action, a concrete manifestation of the requirements of "supporting charities to play a positive role in poverty alleviation" put forward at the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, a practical action to implement the core socialist values, and an important part of the nationwide thrift action to cultivate morality through thrift. At the same time, "zero discarding of old clothes" is also an innovative action of multi-party cooperation and opening up the path. All parties involved in the activity have made concerted efforts and demonstrated their strengths, innovatively designed the division of work and cooperation between industry associations, clothing manufacturers, consumers, charity organizations, research and development institutions and comprehensive utilization enterprises, and strived to build a charity service platform for clothing donation, classification, recycling processing, charity distribution and helping people in need, Strive to get through the path of simultaneous development of recycling and thrift, and realize the win-win development of the textile industry, charity and relief, fully reflecting the charity concept of mutual assistance and sharing, and the spirit of the times of reform and innovation.

Dou Yupei stressed that carrying out the activity of "zero discarding of old clothes", actively recycling and comprehensively utilizing donated brand clothes, actively guiding social forces to participate in social assistance, and jointly helping the needy people to solve their urgent needs will certainly accumulate experience for the comprehensive utilization of donated old clothes in a larger scale and in a larger range, and will help reduce resource waste and help the poor The development of philanthropy is of great significance and far-reaching impact.

　 this The "Zero Discarding of Old Clothes" activity selected enterprises with high brand awareness, great social influence and large sales scale for joint action, including Bosiden, Yida Group (Cotton Garment Workshop), Lutai Textile (Wrigley), China Soil Animal Husbandry Xuelian Co., Ltd. (Xuelian), Beijing Shunmei Garment Co., Ltd. (Shunmei), Yiwen Group (Yiwen, Notting Hill, Kevin Kelly) 35 stores, shopping malls and institutions of Beijing Jiaman Clothing Co., Ltd. (Shuihaier), CapitaLand Crystal, Community Youth Exchange and other enterprises and brands participated in the recycling activity. The recycling activity lasts for one month. The waste clothes donated by the public during this period will be sorted by charity organizations such as the Orchid Grass Art Foundation of the China Youth Development Foundation, and the clothes that meet the safety and health standards will be used for charity projects such as the "Western Warming Plan"; Clothing that does not meet the relevant standards will be used as raw materials for the research of recycling technology.

according to introduce In China, about 20 million tons of waste textiles are produced in the production and consumption links every year, and the recycling rate is less than 14%. A large number of waste textiles, especially waste clothing, are stored in the wardrobes of various households and even in the warehouses of many factories and enterprises, forming an objective waste of resources. It is estimated that if all the waste textiles in China are recycled, 12 million tons of chemical fiber and 6 million tons of natural fiber can be provided annually, which is equivalent to saving 24 million tons of crude oil, more than half of the output of Daqing Oilfield, reducing 80 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions, reducing the occupation of 20 million mu of arable land, accounting for 30% of the annual cotton cultivation area; It can also be applied to many industries such as building materials, water conservancy and highway, medical and health care, automobile interior decoration, furniture manufacturing, etc.

At the same time, China is still in the primary stage of socialism. There are more than 70 million people living on subsistence allowances in urban and rural areas, more than 80 million disabled people, more than 5 million people supported by five guarantees, a large number of children in distress and an average of 200 million people affected by disasters every year. For many people in need, good quality, sanitary and safe waste clothing can help them solve many practical problems. It can be said that the recycling of waste textiles is of great practical significance for helping the poor, developing charities, reducing resource waste and developing a circular economy.

At the launch ceremony, the brand representatives participating in the event were given "Zero Discarding of Old Clothes" collection bags and recycling boxes. Leaders, guests and brand representatives participating in the ceremony also donated their own old clothes. Wang Tiankai, President of China Textile Industry Federation, Zhu Guangyao, Executive Vice President of China Ecological Civilization Research and Promotion Association, and representatives of relevant units attended the launching ceremony