Solid waste management is one of our eyes are still trying to solve the core problem of environmental protection, of course, waste textiles, as a small problem big problems, also need to properly handle, otherwise it will be "hamstrung" in one.

August 26, 2021 afternoon, the National Development and Reform Commission, Central Information Secretary of the Ministry of Science, Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Ecology Environment, Housing and Urban-Rural Development and other relevant departments of the nine departments held a scrap recycling of textiles forum. Meetings around the recycling of waste textiles progress, difficulties and problems, measures to promote the work and other aspects of in-depth discussions.

According to data provided by the China Textile Industry Association, my country's textile industry in 2016 consumed 49.7 million tons of textile raw materials, the total amount of consumption accounted for 48 percent of global consumption of textile raw materials, in 2017 52% 2018 55% around, ranking first in the world. Experts estimated that the country eliminated annually clothes (mainly textile waste waste mainly clothes) is likely to exceed 10 million tons, of which about one-third become old textiles, can maintain the original form of the continuation of life, and the remaining two-thirds became waste spinning.

The national new textile waste each year about 600 million tons, with the number of increments in recent years, textile waste, fears of synchronization problems arise: how the textile waste processing?

Obviously, incineration and landfill are not desirable. The former release air pollution, resulting in energy consumption; the latter difficult to degrade, causing soil pollution. According to statistics, per one kilogram of waste by using spinning, carbon dioxide emissions by 3.6 kg. Therefore, under the national advocate of renewable resource recycling background, we should think about how to more effectively extract resources beneficial to turning waste into treasure.

For example, a home sorting old clothes factory in Hangzhou has about 65% of the clothing will be exported to Africa and Southeast Asia, and 20% will be sold to downstream plant recycling, made blankets, carpets, greenhouses are other products, The remaining 15% for donations. Its essence to its dregs, will be available for re-processing of fabric, made from the sale of new textiles, may at the same time not to cause environmental pollution, bring some commercial value. Indeed, this is one desirable approach.

Similarly, the donation would be a good idea. There are many residents of the district where features like "Panda Recovery" designated trash, old clothes, old quilts can be recovered donations. In addition, a growing number of online channels open donate old clothes, for example, on Alipay to "recycle old clothes" as a keyword search to 10 service agencies, which are "green" and "public" as an excuse to collect clothes, can achieve rapid recovery.

Experts pointed out that waste materials blended spun mostly, it may contain different kinds, proportions of various types of fibers, the high value of re-use composition according to the need to separate them, and then depending on the composition and use of regenerated. Ideal state is spinning waste classified according to different levels of use, respectively, to ensure that textile waste recycling rate and efficient utilization. And engaged in recycling of waste textile uneven quality of employees, nor the ability to form as a raw material processing proceeds, after spinning waste recycling are diverted to the corresponding production and processing enterprises.

In this regard, the national recycling and make the appropriate norms for waste textiles.

2017, the National Development and Reform Commission and other 14 departments issued "on the issuance of the development cycle to lead the action" clearly calls for the promotion of renewable resources, recycling and quality and upgrading, promote the utilization of waste textiles, textile waste classification established using the mechanism. Encourage enterprises, textile industry and actively recycling waste secondary use.

In 2020, the state implemented the "textile waste classification and code" "Waste textile recycling technical specifications," the two national standards spinning waste; "Textile waste recycling technical specifications" will be October 1, 2021 formally implemented. These specifications from the classification of textile waste, recycling, recycling aspects of the business on the whole industry chain to give clear guidance and specifications.