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Small changes that actually count
Short answer: Three habits make the biggest difference: wash at thirty degrees, skip the tumble dryer and only buy fr...
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What you can measure at home
Short answer: You can count your garments, write down what you buy and read your machine's consumption. Those are thr...
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What weighs most in a clothing footprint
Short answer: The number of new garments matters most in clothing consumption, followed by how long they are worn. Wa...
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A plan for buying less
Short answer: Count what you have, write down what you need and buy only from the list on a fixed day. These three st...
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How to get more out of what you have
Short answer: Wash cooler, air dry, rotate between several identical items and mend things when they break. Four habi...
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What a fibre can become afterwards
Short answer: A recycled textile fibre can become new yarn, insulation, padding or industrial cloths. What it becomes...
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Why pure fibres are easier to recycle
Short answer: A fabric made of one fibre can be torn up and spun again without being separated first. That is the sim...
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Recycling blended fabrics
Short answer: A fabric made of two fibres must be separated before it can be recycled, which is costly and technicall...
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What happens to collected clothing
Short answer: Collected clothing is sorted into three streams: resale, recycling into new fibres and shredding into c...
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Where textile waste should be taken
Short answer: Textile waste should go in a dedicated textile container or to the recycling centre. In Denmark, textil...
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Clothes that become cleaning rags
Short answer: A garment too worn to wear can become a cloth for the kitchen or cleaning. Bamboo viscose and cotton ab...
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What can be donated and what cannot
Short answer: Donate whole, clean items with no holes or stains. Worn clothing, underwear and odd socks belong in tex...
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