As international brands attach importance to sustainable development and formulate corresponding response goals and implementable plans, recycling and sustainable development have become an important trend in the development of the global textile industry. As a responsibility-oriented green industry, the textile industry establishes and improves a green and low-carbon recycling industrial system, which is an important symbol and basic bottom line for realizing the high-quality development of the entire industry. "Zero disposal of old clothes" aims to maximize the effective use of resources and minimize the waste of waste resources. Zero waste is both a goal and an action plan.

On March 18, the exchange meeting on the utilization of waste textile resources in the textile industry, hosted by the China National Textile and Apparel Council, was held in Shanghai. In addition to commending the units and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the "Zero Disposal of Old Clothes" campaign, this event also officially released the "Environmental Benefit Evaluation Report of Old Clothes Recycling and Resource Utilization".

Sun Huaibin, vice president of China National Textile and Apparel Council, said in his speech that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, under the background of the world undergoing great changes unseen in a century and my country's construction of a new development pattern of "dual circulation", Under the guidance of the national carbon peak and carbon neutrality goal, it will become the general trend and important policy for the textile industry to promote green and low-carbon circular development and promote the comprehensive green transformation of the industry.

He pointed out that China is the world's largest producer and consumer of textiles and garments. The total annual fiber consumption is about 30 million tons, and the per capita fiber consumption is 22.4 kilograms, basically reaching the level of moderately developed countries. About 6 million tons of waste textiles (excluding stock) are produced in the production and consumption links every year, and the annual growth rate is more than 10%. However, due to institutional mechanisms, recycling systems, sorting methods, technologies and standards, the raw material is PET Bottle flakes and a small amount of industrial waste are mainly used, and the number of used clothes and fabrics from urban and rural residents is small, and the overall efficiency of recycling waste textiles is low.

He emphasized that the "Zero Abandoning Old Clothes" brand action project is an industrial chain cooperation project across multiple industries, especially with the influential international brand Decathlon; secondly, this is a real The closed-loop model pilot of the recycling of old clothes resources (connected with the textile industry system); once again, it is the embodiment of "zero" discarding of old clothes, and the utilization rate of the largest proportion is achieved, forming multiple recycling uses, such as recycled down, polyester Esters, cotton, etc.; Finally, the entire recycling process is tracked and the entire value chain is evaluated, providing reference for the establishment of a business model for the recycling of old clothes.

Cheng Hao, deputy director of the Industry Department of China Textile Federation, said that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the textile industry will put forward new requirements in terms of ecological civilization construction and green development. Building an ecological civilization system and promoting the green transformation of economic and social development has put forward higher requirements and ushered in rare opportunities for the textile industry to establish and improve a green, low-carbon and circular development industrial system. China Textile Federation will carry out extensive cooperation, establish pilot demonstrations, and promote industrial development. At the meeting, he also announced that he will jointly build a research and development platform for comprehensive utilization of waste textile resources with the Fifth Institute of Electronics of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, set up a dismantling center for used clothing (down products) in Donglong Home Textiles Co., Ltd., and carry out industry pilots Demonstration to further promote the decision to standardize the recycling industry of down textile resources.

Wang Lin, person in charge of the comprehensive utilization of resources of the China Textile Union Environmental and Assets Commission, shared that the "China Textile Union Environmental and Assets Commission led the organization of Decathlon, Shanghai Donglong, Guangde Tianyun, and Shanghai Chuangyi municipal enterprises to participate" The specific situation of the brand's special campaign of "zero abandonment of old clothes". Through the cooperation with Decathlon brand and WWF World Wildlife Fund, it not only promotes the idea that old clothes are recyclable resources, but also explores the closed-loop mode of old clothes recycling.

At the meeting, China National Textile and Apparel Council officially released the "Environmental Benefit Evaluation Report of Old Clothes Recycling and Resource Utilization". The report pointed out that during the operation of "Decathlon brand old clothing recycling and resource utilization mode" The Fifth Electronics Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has evaluated and analyzed the environmental benefits of the entire waste textile recycling and resource utilization process by collecting the process data of waste textile recycling and regeneration. Five types of environmental impact indicators were selected for calculation and analysis of the main resource, energy consumption and pollutant emissions in the process of recycling and recycling secondary waste clothes.

Among them, the production of 1 recycled pallet reduces energy consumption by 467MJ, carbon dioxide (equivalent) emissions by 9.7kg, and the overall environmental impact is reduced by 67.9%; Equivalent) emission of 178kg, the overall environmental impact is reduced by 99.3%; through the operation of Decathlon waste textile recycling and resource utilization mode, energy consumption can be effectively reduced, and environmental impacts such as greenhouse benefits, photochemical ozone, acidification and eutrophication can be reduced. Very good environmental benefit. This report verifies the effectiveness, applicability and popularization of Decathlon's waste textile recycling and resource utilization model, and provides a scientific basis for promoting the construction of recycling, sorting, production, and procurement recycling systems for waste textiles. It provides support for the construction of waste textile resource recycling system.

She said that in the "14th Five-Year Plan", the China National Textile and Apparel Council will strengthen the multi-party cooperation and carry out the construction of a demonstration base for the comprehensive utilization of waste textiles; support the technological innovation of enterprises, especially the key process technologies for the recycling and utilization of waste textile resources. Breakthrough; increase the directional recycling, cascade utilization and standardized treatment of old clothes, and run through technological breakthroughs, model innovation, product design, etc. to the whole process of the industrial chain; promote waste textile resources “recycling—production—use—recycling” ; Construction of public service platform for industrial application. China National Textile and Apparel Council will continue to carry out the special action of "zero discard of old clothes". In the future, more special actions will be launched, basic research will be carried out, the industry will play a leading role, and the market mechanism will be used to promote the recycling of waste textiles at the source of resources. Industrial chain construction.