Money is not everything, but nothing is impossible without money. This sentence applies to everyone no matter what era it is placed in, especially after the arrival of industrial civilization, people regard money as more important. In this context, everyone wants to get rich and looks for opportunities to make a fortune, but there are very few successful people, or in other words, these people looking for opportunities complain more.
But is this really the case? As long as you persevere and think carefully, in fact, every detail in life hides a huge market. For example, the used clothes you throw away easily support a market worth hundreds of billions.
Relevant data shows that Chinese people buy about 10 pieces of clothing every year on average, and at the same time throw away 3-5 pieces, or even more, every year. However, these discarded clothes actually have great use value, but people often treat them as garbage, which undoubtedly causes great waste. It is reported that the direct recycling of used clothes will create a market of 40 billion in 2020.
However, the recycling of a piece of used clothing is not just about recycling, but also includes various aspects such as sorting, re-selling, and secondary processing. Program, combined, has formed a market worth hundreds of billions. However, even so, the current recycling rate of used clothes in our country is only about 10%, which means that the entire market of used clothes is still in the initial stage of development, but relatively speaking, various processing procedures and methods have become more and more perfect, but Many people are unwilling to engage in it, or they do not think that this market is so huge.
As far as the disposal methods of waste clothing are concerned, there are two main methods: export to foreign countries and domestic recycling. Among them, exporting to foreign countries is currently the most popular method for companies engaged in the used clothing industry. Because relatively speaking, this method of exporting clothing is relatively simple, the cost is relatively low, and it is easier to make money. Most of these exported used clothes are sent to poor countries such as Southeast Asia and Africa, where they are resold. Many discarded clothes are often snapped up wherever they are. Among them, school uniforms, which are rejected by teenagers, are the most popular type of clothing in poor countries.
The rise time of my country’s used clothing export industry is It’s relatively short, and most of today’s businesses with sales in the tens of millions started about ten years ago. However, although it has only been 10 years, the sorting process, equipment, and sales methods are constantly changing, thereby increasing their profit margins. So how does a piece of old clothing end up abroad?
The first is to recycle old clothes. At present, automatic recycling machines for waste items have been installed in many areas, of which clothing accounts for a large part. Among them, the recycling price of these used clothes in Shanghai is generally around 0.8 yuan per kilogram. The prices may be slightly different in different regions, but the overall difference is not much.
After finding the source of goods, we began to collect and The sorting and collection procedures follow the waste recycler to the large recycling station and then to the downstream sorting factory. Finally, the sorting is completed and packaged for export. Among them, waste recyclers generally do not classify clothes, but large recycling stations will conduct preliminary classification according to the type of clothes. Different clothes recycling prices also begin to differ here.
After arriving at the sorting factory, it will be More refined sorting to determine which clothes can be resold. Generally, used clothes for export are required to be not torn, dirty, and rotten, and can be worn twice. The material of the clothes will become one of the main basis for distinguishing the price.
But generally according to each category, That is, short-sleeves, dresses, sweatpants, etc. are differentiated and packaged together, and then the prices are differentiated according to overall quality. When all the work is completed, these uniformly packaged clothes will be sent to 20 African countries and other poor countries, and the actual sales are usually left to local people. It is reported that when they open a package, they will offer it to consumers at a price of US$6 per item. When the passenger flow decreases, the price will be reduced to US$5, and so on until all items are sold out. These clothes also began to be worn twice.
After decades of development, the sorting procedures for secondary wear clothing have undergone great changes, and relevant standards have begun to be decided by us, and we are no longer completely controlled by others. Walk along. In other words, these companies have gained experience.
After the “Black Swan Event” occurred , China’s used clothing market has experienced explosive development, and many poor countries believe that only Chinese clothing is safe. But even so, there is still a big gap in the waste clothing industry. And these companies that were engaged in the waste clothing export industry in the early years have moved their business from offline to online, further stimulating the development of the companies. After all, they also want to get a bigger share of the huge gap. So those used clothes support a market worth hundreds of billions.
Of course, we still rely on domestic recycling for used clothes. The main method of domestic recycling is not secondary wear, but physical recycling, chemical recycling and energy recovery to truly realize the recycling of clothing. After all, quite a few items of clothing are not allowed to be worn twice.
Among them, physical recycling and chemical recycling are mainly processing Those waste textiles that are contaminated or incomplete are processed into cleaning cloths, greenhouse insulation cotton and other products.
In short, the random accumulation of used clothes is definitely a huge waste of energy and a neglect of the market. In fact, this feature is not only possessed by waste clothing, but also by many waste products. In the current context of an increasingly harsh environment, we must pay special attention to the recycling of resources. This is not only a protection of the environment, but also a conservation of resources.
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