Why Adding Eco-friendly Pieces to Your Closet Can Lower Your Carbon Footprint
Posted on 09. Mar, 2009 by admin in Eco Clothing
The average person buys new clothes at least once per month, adding up to thousands of pieces in their entire lifetime. These clothes usually end up in landfills and take quite some time to disintegrate into the earth. Even worse, is that a lot of clothing contains chemicals, takes time to process, and isn’t recycled as often as it should be. Think about how many pieces of clothing that you go through every single year.
The number of clothes that are outgrown or go out of style so that they are not worn every single year increases when you have children. There are many ways to reduce the amount of clothing, while even gaining clothing for your children without contributing to clothing waste and reducing the carbon footprint. Simply starting a clothing swap between friends and family members is a great way to liven up the wardrobe with new pieces, the eco friendly way.
You can change all of that by purchasing more eco friendly clothing articles that take less to produce and are made from fair trade practices, recycled materials, and organic renewable resources. Doing a few simple changes to your wardrobe can lower your carbon footprint and reduce the amount of carbon you are emitting into the environment.
Making a conscious effort to control your fashion and make sure it’s the best possible is the easiest way to help the world. Some eco-fashion lines also donate to companies that promote the widespread usage of alternative fuels and factories.