Recycling fashion: The town turning waste into clothes - BBC News
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Not SyncedMost of our clothes
will never get recycled. -
Not Synced99 per cent will end up here,
dumped and burned in landfill. -
Not SyncedOur Earth at this point is not capable
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Not Syncedof absorbing the huge amount of clothing
that is produced each year. -
Not SyncedBut what if all those wasted clothes
could be saved -
Not Syncedand turned into something else?
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Not SyncedI've come to a town in Italy called Prato.
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Not SyncedThis place has mastered a method
to transform old scraps into new clothes. -
Not SyncedThis makes us feel proud.
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Not SyncedWhat happens here is unique.
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Not SyncedThere are hundreds of companies
in this small district -
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in one specific aspect of the process, -
Not Syncedwhether it's spinning,
weaving or designing. -
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Not Syncedthis town says it processes 15 per cent
of all recycled clothes in the world. -
Not SyncedSo this is your shirt.
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Not SyncedIf it's too old for the charity shop,
it gets sent for recycling. -
Not SyncedHere, it's sorted by colour,
torn apart, washed -
Not Syncedand then the new recycled material
is taken and transformed -
Not Syncedto make new clothes with minimum waste.
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Not SyncedThat was very quick.
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Not SyncedLet's go through the process again.
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Not SyncedYou donate clothes,
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Not Syncedthey arrive here
from lots of different countries. -
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that can be sold second-hand -
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Not SyncedHere, not only are they
separated by colour, -
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Not SyncedThink these used to be trousers!
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Not SyncedHow many clothes do you recycle here?
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Not SyncedAbout 25 tonnes every day.
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Not SyncedThe clothes are put in this.
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Not SyncedIt's called a carbonizing machine,
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Not Syncedit eliminates impurities from the whole.
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Not SyncedThen, they go through this.
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Not SyncedIt's like a giant washing machine.
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Not SyncedThey're shredded, cleaned
and dried. -
Not SyncedThis is the final result.
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Not SyncedYour old clothes have been transformed
into these fine, fluffy wool fibres. -
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Not Syncedthis is what
the new recycled material look like. -
Not SyncedThey're placed here,
until a fashion brand buys them -
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Not SyncedSome people might say that
you are using trash to make clothes. -
Not SyncedThis might have been the case a few years ago.
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Not SyncedThe word "rubbish" was an insult.
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Not SyncedBut now, many brands...
they buy my products because of it. -
Not SyncedBecause they know that reusing resources
is going to save the planet. -
Not SyncedRecycling wool is great
for the environment. -
Not SyncedCo2 emissions are more than halved
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Not Syncedcompared to when clothes
are made from new material. -
Not SyncedWe have an immediate impact
on animal welfare, -
Not Syncedbecause you reduce the stress
that you have to put on the animals -
Not Syncedto get the wool.
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Not SyncedAlmost complete elimination of dyes,
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Not Syncedbecause the way the wool is recycled
is an assortment by colour. -
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- Title:
- Recycling fashion: The town turning waste into clothes - BBC News
- Description:
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Fashion is one of the most polluting industries in the world. But a small town in Italy called Prato has built its fortune on transforming old scraps into new clothes, particularly knitwear and wool.
Could Prato represent a model for sustainable fashion?
Reporter: Sofia Bettiza
Editor: Sofia Bettiza
Filmed by: Paolo Patruno
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- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- Amplifying Voices
- Project:
- Environment and Climate Change
- Duration:
- 03:53
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