Recently, the Notice of 13 departments such as the Ministry of Commerce on several measures to promote household consumption was officially released, proposing to effectively improve consumption conditions and improve the recycling system of waste textiles.
Why promote the recycling of waste textiles? As the world's largest textile and garment consumer and producer, China consumes a large number of textile raw materials every year, but also produces a large number of waste textiles.
To do a good job in recycling waste textiles, in addition to solving the problem of idle waste, it has multiple meanings. On the one hand, with the global fashion industry to achieve the goal of replacing recycled materials by 2030, the future demand for recycled fiber raw materials will grow rapidly, and there is an urgent need to improve the recycling rate of waste textiles and recycled fiber production in China, build a recycling system of waste textile resources, and promote the development of related industries. On the other hand, 80% of textiles are chemical fiber products, chemical fiber can not be naturally degraded, waste textile recycling can play a positive role in saving resources and protecting the environment.
With the development of science and technology, the mechanical equipment such as cutting machines, opening machines and so on, which are compatible with the recycling of waste textiles, the manufacturing level continues to improve, and the types of waste textiles that can be recycled are also increasing. Data show that in 2021, the global waste textile recycling volume reached 21.65 million tons, an increase of 6.13%. The use of waste textiles increased from 2.852 million tons in 2016 to 4.565 million tons in 2021, with a compound annual growth rate of 9.86% during this period.
However, from the perspective of recycling rate, China's waste textile recycling and industrial recycling system has not fully docking, and there are still a large number of residents' old clothes can not be used as resources. The notice issued this time, coupled with the Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the recycling of Waste Textiles issued by the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2022, shows the importance of government departments on the use of waste textiles. With the support of relevant policies, such as breaking through the constraints of recycling systems, sorting methods, technologies and standards, it will effectively promote the recycling of waste textiles.
Improving the coverage rate of recycling bins and striving to achieve full receivables is the basis for improving the recycling rate. At present, the coverage of waste textile recycling facilities in China is uneven, mainly concentrated in first - and second-tier cities, and the delivery of recycling bins in third - and fourth-tier cities is less, and even less in rural areas. In the future, enterprises can be guided to put in accordance with the principle of convenience, scientific and reasonable layout, open the barriers of recycling boxes into the community and into the campus, and improve the coverage rate of recycling boxes.
Improving the standard system is the key to ensure the sustainable development of recycling. At present, many enterprises have entered this field, but the sorting of waste textiles is still dominated by traditional manual identification. There is a lack of standards in the testing, sorting, recycling and recycling of recycled ingredients. No rules can not be fangyuan, in addition to individual enterprises, most enterprises in the industry is small, management ability is not strong, low technical level, deep processing capacity is limited. In the final analysis, it is necessary to promote the formation of a complete waste textile standard system, and do a good job of relevant certification, so that the development of the industry can be based on evidence.
Digital enabling can obviously improve the utilization rate of waste textiles. The renewable resources sector is the traditional advantage business of the supply and marketing cooperative system. Harbin Supply and Marketing Materials Group Company, an enterprise directly under the Harbin Supply and Marketing Cooperative of Heilongjiang Province, vigorously promotes the new model of "Internet + recycling", and develops and operates the "I come to collect" recycling platform. Citizens place orders through the mobile phone mini program, and recycling personnel will come to the door for recycling according to the agreed time.
In addition, due to policy support and broad market prospects, the waste textile recycling industry is widely optimistic, but there are also bad signs. In order to ensure the long-term development of the industry, the relevant departments should strengthen supervision, guide the standardized development of the industry, and hope that interested practitioners do their homework and polish their eyes before entering the industry.
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