Strategic Leadership Report: Analyzing the Need for Clothing Recycling

This report explores the critical need for clothing and textile recycling, emphasizing its significance in achieving environmental, social, and economic sustainability. The introduction highlights the increasing solid waste problem caused by the clothing industry. The report delves into several key reasons for recycling clothes, including reducing energy consumption and pollution, preventing the slow decomposition of synthetic materials, mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, generating economic benefits in developing nations, improving public health, and decreasing unethical business practices within the industry. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the advantages associated with clothing recycling, emphasizing its role in safeguarding the environment, promoting economic growth, and addressing ethical concerns. The conclusion reinforces the crucial role of clothing and textile recycling in environmental sustainability and its necessity for a variety of reasons, as outlined in the report.

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Major reasons for the need to recycle clothes.................................................................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
Clothing and textile recycling is a helpful act considering the social, environmental and
economic sustainability. The majority of solid waste is increasing due to this industry and
becoming the major reason, due to use of waste streams in higher volume such as organics. This
process of recycling textile and clothing would consider being the next frontier for states to for
reduction in solid waste. The report will discuss the clothing market and reason for the need of
recycling clothes (Epstein, 2018).

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Major reasons for the need to recycle clothes
 Avoiding energy and pollution – In creating new clothes the consumption of energy is
very high, which include both natural resources and renewable resource energy, while the
recycling process would be responsible for very low energy consumption. Moreover, the
clothes are highly responsible for water and land pollution for using chemicals and
organics, which are disposed off either in water by the industries of land which pollution.
Therefore, to avoid pollution and every, it is essential to recycle clothing.
 Decompose – Clothes consist of various material like synthetic clothes take thousands of
year to decompose, and it seems to be beneficial to use the products again that is recycle
the product and reuse it to avoid the decomposition issue.
 Greenhouse gas emission – As discussed in the last point that these products are not
decomposed easily, the decomposition process for such products are responsible for
greenhouse emission. The more fresh clothes are being prepared and thrown away the
more greenhouse gas emission would be harming the environment. This could be one of
the major reasons for recycling clothes for protecting the environment and society from
greenhouse gas emission (firstcarbonsolutions, 2018).
 Economic benefits in developing nation – Other than the environmental protection, the
recycling of the clothes could be an opportunity for various vendors to earn money out of
recycling the clothes as this would be generating employment and the prices for the
products would be lower that will be beneficial for lower income group people while
purchasing clothes. This will be beneficial to the economy as a whole, as the resources

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would be used optimally and the income would also be increased of individuals and the
economy as a whole.
 Improvement in health – It has been identified that the pollution that each clothing
production is making is responsible for major health issue among the individuals. In order
to improve the health issues, taking recycling clothing step would be essential.
 The decrease in unethical business practices – The clothing demand has been increased
due to rapid change in consumer taste and preferences and change in social trends. This
may lead to poor treatment by the company’s with the workers and may be responsible
for rights violation. With this process of recycling in the industry, this issue could be
minimized or avoided (thebalancesmb, 2019).

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Conclusion
From the report, it can be concluded that the clothing and textile recycling plays a major role
in environmental sustainability and seems to be necessary for some of the reasons. For
instance, economic benefits cause of pollution, and improvement in health.

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References
Epstein, M.J., 2018. Making sustainability work: Best practices in managing and measuring
corporate social, environmental and economic impacts. London: Routledge.
firstcarbonsolutions, 2018. Top Environmental Problems and their Impact on Global Business.
[Online] Available at: https://www.firstcarbonsolutions.com/resources/newsletters/july-2015-
top-environmental-problems-and-their-impact-on-global-business/top-environmental-problems-
and-their-impact-on-global-business/.
thebalancesmb, 2019. textile-recycling-facts-and-figures. [Online] Available at:
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/textile-recycling-facts-and-figures-2878122.