At department stores, they don’t bother sorting and reusing hangars. It’s cheaper to bail up the wire and plastic and reform the material into new hangars.
Why aren’t we doing this with clothing? Rather than washing clothes, why not break them down but the constituent fibers, respin the thread and fabric and make new clothes?
I'm guessing because it's more costly to do that than pay slave wages to Bangladeshi children to make us new clothes.
As a hobby upcyclimg seastress, I can confirm you've cut me deep.😀
I mean, if you like your clothes, you can keep your clothes. I’m thinking of T-shirt and athletic shorts maximalists like myself.
My point was more about repairing and upcycling said clothes. Like comfy, but dead ripped sweatpants will be at least one new comfy sweatpants for a kid.
If you use plastic fibres, and you do in those shorts 100%, you can probably melt them down, just like those hangers.😀
