Social and economic importance of textile reuse and recycling in Brazil

17th World Textile Conference AUTEX 2017 - Shaping the Future of Textiles

Baruque-Ramos, J.^1 ; Amaral, M.C.^1 ; Laktim, M.C.^1 ; Santos, H.N.^2 ; Araujo, F.B.^3 ; Zonatti, W.F.^1,3

University of Sao Paulo, School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, Av. Arlindo Bettio, 1000, Sao Paulo - SP

03828000, Brazil^1

Minas Gerais States University, Design School, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil^2

Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil^3

关键词: Consumption patterns;    Economic importance;    Environmental awareness;    fashion;    Industrial activities;    Reuse and recycling;    Social projects;    solidarity economy;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/254/19/192003/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/254/19/192003

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Brazil is an important world producer of textiles. However, this industrial activity, combined with additional import and trade, generates millions of tons of textile scraps, unsold clothing and discarded post-consumption garments. There is a great potential for the recycling and reuse industry in the context of solidarity and circular economy. The present study aimed to present examples in Brazil related to waste reduction, reuse and recycling of textiles in the context of solidary economy. In this way, some representative initiatives, from Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro states are presented and discussed based on these principles and approaching responsible lifestyles and environmental awareness and the refusal to waste resources in general. The main socioenvironmental benefits are related to the training of labor and local income generation, the population's awareness of consumption patterns, saving of natural resources and raw materials, and mitigation of environmental impacts.