ReWear Revolution

19/12/2025

🌱 Why We Should Recycle Clothes

7️⃣ To Save Money
By extending the life of clothes through repair, swapping, or buying second-hand, people save money while still updating their wardrobe.

17/12/2025

🌱 Why We Should Recycle Clothes

6️⃣ To Inspire Creativity and New Skills

Up-cycling and repairing clothes promotes creativity and self-expression.

People can transform old garments into new outfits, bags, accessories or home items.

15/12/2025

🌱 Why We Should Recycle Clothes

5️⃣ To Help Others

Donated or recycled clothes can be:

resold

turned into new fabrics or products

Your old items can, provide affordable fashion, or become raw materials for new items.

13/12/2025

🌱 Why We Should Recycle Clothes

4️⃣ To Support Circular Fashion

Recycling clothes helps build a system where garments are:
worn → repaired → reused → up-cycled → recycled,
instead of being thrown away after a short life.

This reduces demand for fast fashion and encourages more sustainable habits.

12/12/2025

🌱 Why We Should Recycle Clothes

3️⃣ To Save Water and Natural Resources

A single cotton T-shirt can require 2,700 litres of water to produce — enough for one person to drink for 2–3 years.

Clothing production also uses large amounts of chemicals, dyes, and raw materials.

Recycling textiles helps conserve water, land, and resources

11/12/2025

🌱 Why We Should Recycle Clothes

2️⃣ To Cut Carbon Emissions

Making new clothes is energy-intensive.

The fashion industry is responsible for around 10% of global carbon emissions — more than international flights and shipping combined.

When we reuse or recycle clothes, we reduce the need to produce new ones, which lowers energy use and emissions.

Rewear, repair and recycle = lower carbon footprint.

09/12/2025

🌱 Why We Should Recycle Clothes

1️⃣ To Reduce Waste Going to Landfill

The UK sends hundreds of thousands of tonnes of textiles to landfill each year.

Clothes made from synthetic fibres (like polyester) can take up to 200 years to break down.

Landfills release methane and toxic chemicals into soil and water, harming wildlife and the environment.

08/12/2025

05/12/2025

According to a 2024 survey, about 62% of UK shoppers say they buy second-hand clothing.

Another report from 2024 found that around 54% of Britons bought second-hand clothing online.

A 2023/2024-period study concluded that half of UK shoppers bought at least one pre-worn (second-hand) clothing item during the year.

So roughly half to two-thirds of UK adults are buying second-hand clothes — suggesting it’s now a mainstream behaviour rather than a niche or marginal activity.

02/12/2025

Have you started?

🎄 Most Common Things People in the UK Declutter Before Christmas

1. Toys & Children’s Stuff

To make room for new presents.

Many people donate to charity shops before they stop accepting pre-Christmas stock.

2. Kitchen Cupboards

Clearing expired food, duplicates, or half-used baking ingredients.

Making space for Christmas food shopping.

3. Guest Spaces

Spare rooms, landing cupboards, or airing cupboards (especially if people are staying over).

Bedding/linen clear-outs.

4. Living Room Clutter

Surfaces, magazines, old decor, unused tech.

So the room is ready for the tree and decorations.

5. Wardrobes

Coats, jumpers, Christmas outfits from previous years.

Many do a “winter wardrobe refresh” and donate what they no longer wear.

6. Gift Cupboards / Wrapping Supplies

Old gift bags, half-used rolls of wrapping paper, old cards.

Checking what’s reusable before buying new.

7. Bathrooms

Out-of-date toiletries, empty bottles, random samples.

Making space for guest toiletries or Christmas stocking gifts.

8. Paperwork

Receipts, letters, mail pile, school letters.

To reduce the visual clutter before decorating.

9. Garden & Outdoor Areas

Tidying entrances, porches, and front gardens before lights go up.

27/11/2025

Terrible, I wonder how much of that is clothing! 😥

25/11/2025

Did you know? 👇
✨ The average garment is worn only 7 times before being discarded.
✨ Extending the life of your clothes by just 9 months reduces carbon footprint by up to 30%.

This is why we started the Rewear Revolution — to make mindful fashion choices the new normal.

Let’s rewear, repair, swap, and share.
Together, we create change. 🌍💚