Waste-to-energy & encouraging reuse

Through this method Sweden generates energy equivalent to 1.1 million cubic metres (m3) of oil per year, resulting in the highest amount of renewable energy produced in the European Union.[1]

The reuse of materials should be considered a priority before relying on waste-to-energy incineration. This allows for the maximization of the embodied energy and resources used to create the product, and the ability to capitalize repeatedly off the same materials.

Outside of the european union

Any garments or products sold outside of the European Union could increase the load on landfills or end up in oceans and large bodies of water, where they can harm aquatic species and potentially end up back in our food and water. According to a study done by Mark Browne, an ecologist at University College Dublin, microscopic fragments of acrylic, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide and polyester have been discovered in increasing quantities across the northeast Atlantic, as well as on beaches in Britain, Singapore and India.[2]

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