Unlike other goods, the durability of the clothes do not always depend on whether it can fulfill its function and fashion makes buying a garment goes far beyond simply covering the body. So, a jacket is abandoned in the back of the closet does not mean it has lost its ability to entertain.
This makes it necessary to change the relationship of each to your wardrobe. Not only for garments which involves needlessly accumulate but also for all that follows in the process of production of clothing, which directly affects the environment: from fertilizers and chemicals used to harvest cotton, debris thrown up by the factory that manufactures the final product.
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There is some tips for get greener wardrobe, such as :
1. Do not buy to buy.
Although the idea of a different shirt for each day and a day of shopping with hundreds of bags in their arms sound somewhat tempting, it is better to buy a good piece to many lasting one or two positions.
In addition, personal style is far more valuable than a fad. I chose it and buy clothes that you know will last several years.
2. Get what you pay: sweatshops.
Although clothing is more than tempting price, the price of a garment almost always reflects the cost of producing it. That is, if your shirt came cheap, it is likely that materials are not the best quality and has been amended in poor working conditions. And this is the worst.
Slave labor is a serious problem in the textile industry is estimated that 78% of the textile industry in Argentina is black and there are about 4,000 sweatshops in Buenos Aires and the metropolitan area.
So until there is greater control of government agencies, is on your side stay informed about how your pledge was drawn up.
Read labels and ask for the origin of the garment. Some cooperatives such as La Alameda help alert on this issue.
3. Do not throw the clothes you do not want to use.
Either because you no longer enter, they are outdated or worn, there are always alternatives. While they can be used, it is better to donate them to charity or someone close that if you find use. A good alternative is to organize what is called in the United States ‘Swap party’, a meeting where friends bring things they no longer use to exchange among themselves.
Another alternative is to recycle clothes, making modifications or directly using the web for something different.
4. I chose to wear clothing worn.
This is one of the top tips and easy to follow one of the most valuable items using vintage you have the ability to give another life to products that otherwise would have ended in the trash, while avoiding buying new products that require MATTER raw energy to produce.
At the same time, you have the opportunity to dress differently from those based on the mannequins.
It’s so comfortable and takes a look at the clothes he wore for decades your family or the same shirts that two years ago decided to stop using. You can appeal to a vintage store or the closet of your parents or grandparents.
Another option to consider are the discount stores or outlets, where they get models from previous seasons or with minor flaws that can be as insignificant as the lack of a button.
5. Care for your clothes.
The more care of your clothes, better is going to be longer, and thus prevent you from having to replace clothes constantly.
Some basic premises to care include washing clothes only when necessary (this amount will benefit by reducing green extra washing machine use), with cold water and look closely at the signs that give the labels to avoid certain harmful products.
6. I chose sustainable fiber clothing.
The main component of most of the clothes we consume is cotton fiber from a plant highly dependent on pesticides. To get an idea, 16% of the world’s pesticides are used for cotton plantations. These chemicals not only affect the soil and air of the places where it is harvested, but the people who work in those fields.
Then a green alternative is to choose more fiber-friendly environment.
While in Latin America are still not as widespread, there are materials like organic cotton (grown without pesticides), hemp fiber (which requires less water and chemicals to grow) and natural wool and organic wool (extracted in a sustainable way of Animals raised in an ethical and sustainable). An alternative is the most widespread natural cotton, which avoids the use of bleaching chemicals.