Media Secret: Enterprises recycle only 8% of thousands of tons of old clothes for public welfare

The courier Xiao Wang found that in his work in the Tiandi New Town Community of Jiangning District, Nanjing, every four days, there would be a white Chase car staying in front of the old clothes recycling bins in the community, and the old clothes packed in the inside of the community. go. At present, more than 90% of the districts in Nanjing have old clothes recycling bins. Where did the old clothes that were recycled go last? Recently, the reporter of Modern Express newspaper went into the old clothes recycling and processing site to find out.

Yang Feifei Li Na

Old clothes sorting

First pick out the newer color

Sort by material color

It is understood that starting from July 2014, some communities in the main city of Nanjing began to pilot the old clothes recycling bins. Jiangsu Lihua Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. as the first carried out in Nanjing, used clothes collection business, has set up more than 2,000 recycling bins, occupied Nanjing clothes collection "half."

Recently, the reporter of Modern Express came to a factory located in Jiangning District. The old clothes came down from the car and went directly to a conveyor belt, which was eventually sent to a “clothing hill”, which is a sorting workshop.

The sorting workshop is 6 meters high and the clothes inside are almost piled up on the roof. In the workshop, nearly ten workers are busy, some are responsible for picking clothes from the mountains, and then put them in different plastic baskets; some are responsible for packing and transporting the selected clothes. The general manager of the company, Wang Junjie, told Modern Express that most of the more than 80% of the clothes can be used for charity after being processed. Such clothes will be selected first, and the remaining clothes will be sorted again according to the material and color.

Old clothes

Donation

First cleaned and disinfected, then classified and packaged by volunteers

first step:

"Bathing" "steaming sauna"

Next to the sorting workshop is the cleaning workshop. “There are clothes that can be donated and donated.” Wang Junjie said that these clothes can only be donated after they are cleaned. There is a standard cleaning process sign on the wall, which says that the clothes should be disinfected with 84 disinfectant for 1-2 hours before cleaning.

An industrial washing machine is running at high speed. According to reports, two or three hundred kilograms of clothes can be washed at a time. After "bathing", these clothes are also dried in a "sauna".

After the initial treatment, the clothes should be hung in the ozone disinfection room next door and disinfected by ultraviolet light. After two disinfections, the old clothes can be used for donations.

The second step:

Love wardrobe into a new home

Where did the old clothes donate? Modern Express reporters learned that some of them went to the loving wardrobe of the community, and some passed through thousands of mountains and waters and sent them to poor mountainous areas.

“After these clothes are sterilized, there will be a lot of college student volunteers coming over to help stack them, and then pack them.” Wang Junjie said that if there is a nursing home or a charity that needs clothes, he will send the clothes to a phone call, and the place is far away. Mailed. Modern Express reporter saw that three volunteers were picking clothes suitable for primary and secondary school students in the morning, packed them, and prepared to send them to Anhui recently.

These clothes are also popular in some communities in Nanjing. This is a good way for the volunteer Zhu Min to come up with a "love wardrobe" in the community, put in clean old clothes, and let those who need it free access. Zhu Min has been engaged in public welfare for 11 years and has often traveled all over the country to participate in charity activities. She learned that there is a "love wall" model in foreign countries, that is, residents use the clothes they don't use on the wall of love, for those who need it, and they borrow it.

The reporter learned that at present, there are 7 communities in Nanjing that have set up a "love wardrobe". Among them, the Tiandi New Town Community is the earliest set of communities. Only one point has sent more than 1,000 clothes a year.

Courier Xiao Wang told the Modern Express reporter that on the 10th, 20th, and 30th of each month, the love closet that is separated from the express delivery point is full of clothes, and the residents who come and go are taken in less than two or three days. Use it all.

Transform

Some are processed into rags, and some become labor insurance supplies.

The data shows that only about 8% of the old clothes that have been recycled can be donated and donated. Where do most of the clothes go?

Wang Junjie said that any recycled clothes will not be wasted. These clothes that cannot be donated will be separated according to materials and colors. The cotton clothes will be divided into pieces and packaged, and processed into rags for downstream enterprises. Chemical fiber and blended clothes can be transported to the flowering factory, spun into yarn after flowering, and finally made. Into gloves, insulation cotton and other labor insurance products.

In the block workshop, the workers hold the clothes, first remove the collar and sleeves of the clothes, leaving only a large piece of cloth, and then cut into pieces according to the size of the clothes. After cleaning, they are tied together one by one, bundled into a large "tofu block", neatly placed in the storage room, waiting to be transported to downstream enterprises. "General white cotton will be selected because the price of white is higher." Wang Junjie said.

The reporter of the modern express newspaper saw that there were piles of large Bags on both sides of the two very large warehouses. Although they were classified according to color, it did not seem to be neat and clean.

"These are all going to be flowered. There is a series of disinfection treatments at the factory." Wang Junjie said, "When the old clothes are flowered, they will be sold to downstream manufacturers, except for protective gloves and other protective products. Inside and outside decorations, curtains, and insulation cotton on plastic greenhouses are all made from old clothes after flowering."

1. What is the overall situation of Nanjing old clothes recycling?

In Wang Junjie's view, in the past few years, the environmental awareness of Nanjing residents has improved a lot. “Before the clothes were thrown directly into the trash can, some were directly burned and polluted by the air; some were landfilled and harmful to the soil. Now many people are used to having old clothes and recycling them to old clothes. In the box. The change in this concept is obvious."

The data shows that in 2016, the company recycled 1513.6 tons of old clothes in Nanjing, including the most in Qixia District. In addition, the fall season is the peak season for clothes recycling.

2. Is recycling of old clothes a profiteering industry?

The reporter of the modern express newspaper learned that starting from several old clothes recycling bins in 2014, and now more than 90% of the houses in more than 90% of Nanjing, Wang Junjie said that he has invested more than 4 million and is still unable to make ends meet. Manpower, rent, and logistics are the main costs. "At present, only manual sorting, plus transportation, workers will pay more than 100,000 yuan per month."

Wang Junjie believes that the real profitable is the production process in the middle and lower reaches. He plans to build a one-stop production line for old clothes in the near future and slowly return to it.