Textile Composting: The Last Frontier in Recycling
Waste Management
The average American throws away 82 pounds of clothng a year for total of 17 million pounds annually. Of that, only 15% is recycled; the other 85% is landfilled or incinerated, leaching toxins into the soil, air, and groundwater.
Circular Economy
Instead of landfilling fabrics, Sewn Apart seeks to compost those materials instead, not only diverting organic and reusable items from the waste stream but also creating soil organic matter.
Soil & Land Restoration
By creating soil organic matter, we’re pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and sequestering it back into the Earth, where soil carbon represents 25% of natural climate solutions, helping stablize forrests, wetlands including coastlines, and agricultural lands and grasslands.
Job Creation
According to Ecocycle, recycling creates an average of 8 times more jobs than trash, composting creates twice as many jobs as incineration, and reuse centers create up to 30 times more jobs than landfills.
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