Used clothing and textile service life
Baseline strategy · No scoreBuy used garments and lengthen the life of your own by care, storage and arrangement before replenishing.
How it works
Buy used garments and lengthen the life of your own by care, storage and arrangement before replenishing.
It considers materials and components throughout extraction, manufacture, transport, use, maintenance and recovery to conserve value and reduce impacts.
When does it make sense?
- Before you specify or purchase materials and products
- Where functionally comparable alternatives exist
- With life cycle data and a realistic maintenance and end-of-use plan
How to apply it
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Defining what need resolves "second-hand clothing and textile service life" and establishing a starting situation.
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Compare alternatives and adapt design to climate, use, regulation, affected people and available resources.
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Apply with clear responsibilities, check the actual result and correct unwanted effects.
Potential benefits
Lower carbon life cycle
Less extraction and toxicity
More retained value
Limitations and precautions
- Buying from second hand in excess reproduces the consumption you intend to avoid; the quantity continues to import.
- An isolated label does not replace the comparison of the entire system.
- Durability, security, quantity used and end-of-life scenario can change the result.
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