Compared to other issues such as air pollution or food safety, the environmental impact of textile waste has long been ignored
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/01/07
By: Teng Pei-ju, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Mass production and consumption in the textile industry have
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made clothes easily disposable, and in Taiwan, it is estimated that 438 pieces of clothing are thrown away every minute.
A report published by the Global Views Monthly quoted Tang Chien-hsiung (湯劍雄), who runs a textile recycling business, as saying that on average 72,000 tons of garments are ditched every year by Taiwanese people.
Tang said if one kilogram of recycled garments was constituted 3.2 pieces of clothing, then approximately 230 million pieces annually or 438 pieces per minute are discarded in the country.
Other reports, such as one from the Epoch Times, also suggest that at least 60,000 tons of apparel are recycled on an annual basis on the island. [FULL STORY]
