About 4 million tons of fabric waste is eliminated every year by Brazilian families. Last year alone, each residence in the country ruled about 44 lbs of clothes and shoes.
Data has been released by S2F Consultance International Consultance S2F, a intelligence center specializing in waste management and circular economy.
“Unlike other sectors that are re -directed in the selective assembly process, the textile sector needs to merge some initiative in this regard,” says Carlos Silva Felho, a S2F Partners and UNAD member of waste issues.
There are still many challenges in facing the characteristics of this type of waste, such as the time of the decomposition of some tissues, which may take five to ten years, while others may take hundreds of years to decompose. ”
Looking at the total universe of Descartes, each Brazilian threw about 382 lbs of materials by 2023, and most of these waste was an organic part (45.3 %), followed by dry waste (33.6 %). Fabric, leather and rubber waste formed 5.6 % of this total, with a total of about 4.6 million tons per year.
It is currently estimated that the textile sector is responsible for between 2 % and 8 % of greenhouse gas emissions around the world and consumes about 215 trillion liters of water annually, equivalent to about 86 million Olympic baths.
According to Silva Fileho, the rapid fashion that has been facilitated, which is large -scale production at low prices and rapid rotation, leads people to buy more, but use it less than less time, at a cost of $ 460 billion per year.
“When you notice the amount of tissue residues that are ignored in homes, you light the red light that it is necessary to think about priority procedures for sustainability in the production line and the world of fashion, and add materials and operations with more possibilities to extend the useful life and enable reuse, but also a more conscious consumption method added a member of the United Nations Council.
