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The fashion waste-stream

The fashion waste-stream. Kim Snyder. 35% to 45% percent of the waste stream comes from institutions and commercial sources containers and packaging materials represent nearly one-third of what we throw away.

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The fashion waste-stream

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  1. The fashion waste-stream Kim Snyder

  2. 35% to 45% percent of the waste stream comes from institutions and commercial sources • containers and packaging materials represent nearly one-third of what we throw away. • Non-durable goods—defined as stuff that generally lasts less than three years— includes most non-packaging paper materials (like newspapers, magazines and office paper), as well as clothing and other textile products. These non-durable goods make up another quarter or so of Municipal Solid Waste. • Durable goods—or the longer-lasting stuff we get inside of all that packaging—represent another 16%.

  3. Paper and paperboard alone make up over one-third of the American waste stream, with yard trimmings and food scraps running a distant second and third place at around 12% to 13% percent each. • Plastics account for 11.7% of American waste, and the list is rounded off—in order—by metals (7.6%), rubber, leather and textiles (7.3%), wood (5.5%), glass (5.3%), and other (3.3%)

  4. the largest components of the waste stream—paper, food, and yard trimmings—are all easily recovered through recycling or composting

  5. Ways to reduce waste stream: • Reducing Waste Production • Reusing Waste Material • Recycling • Order merchandise with minimal packaging, in concentrated form, or in bulk. • Ask suppliers not to over-package orders. • Request that materials you order be shipped in returnable containers. • Reuse foam packaging pellets ("peanuts") and cardboard boxes or find someone who will. • Set up a system for returning cardboard boxes and foam pellets to distributors for reuse. • Return, reuse, and repair wooden pallets. • Replace cardboard boxes with durable, reusable boxes for shipments to your branch offices, stores, and warehouses.

  6. References • http://www.ecomii.com/waste/sources • http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/etsy-crafting-challenge-0414 • http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/topic/vermicomposting/pubs/ag473-10.html • http://www.epa.gov/osw/images/piechart.jpg • http://www.thedailygreen.com/cm/thedailygreen/images/DO/tdg-tie-clutch-gift-lg.jpg

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