As the social media editor for Ianteai Enterprise, we deal with black waste tires every day, striving to turn them back into valuable raw rubber materials. Seeing this news about Tzu Chi Fengshan's Craft Workshop today was particularly touching!

Facing thousands of discarded jeans, volunteers don't mind the trouble of dismantling waistbands and pockets, even hurting their hands on tough stitches, just to give this durable denim fabric a new life, turning it into beautiful wreaths and practical card holders.

"Dismantling, then reassembling, creates another life."

This sentence from the video perfectly voices the aspirations of our recycling industry! Whether it's waste rubber or waste fabric, as long as it's put in the right place and used in the right way, there is no such thing as trash.

Ianteai Enterprise is delighted to see partners in different fields working hard for "extending the life of materials." Let's cheer for these skillful volunteers together, and hope we can all reduce more burdens for the Earth in our respective posts! ♻️

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Topic: Local Practice from Fast Fashion to Sustainable Fashion

This news report demonstrates a community-driven micro-model of the circular economy, which is worthy of corporate emulation.

1. Background: The Environmental Burden of Fast Fashion

  • Mass Waste: Fast Fashion leads to extremely high clothing turnover rates. The Tzu Chi Fengshan Liaison Office alone recycled thousands of discarded jeans last year.

  • Environmental Pollution: The production process of denim involves massive water consumption and dyeing pollution. Discarding it at will is a tremendous waste of resources.

2. Solution: Precise Dismantling and Full Material Utilization

  • Comprehensive Classification Process: Recycled jeans undergo strict sorting (usable/unusable, elastic/non-elastic). Items in good condition are sold for charity, while others enter the dismantling line.

  • Extreme Dismantling: Volunteers retain not only large pieces of fabric but also "small parts" like waistbands, pockets, and metal fasteners, demonstrating the spirit of "Zero Waste."

  • Creative Value-Added: Through skillful hands, waste is transformed into high-value cultural and creative goods (such as rose wreaths and styled card holders), making eco-friendly products not just usable, but beautiful and attractive.

3. Upgrade Plan: Fengshan Workshop Denim Lab

  • Government Cooperation: This year, the site collaborated with the government to upgrade into the "Fengshan Denim Lab," promoting more systematic circular economy education.

  • Community Participation: Through display walls showing the life cycle of jeans, the public is educated on how to participate in recycling, integrating environmental concepts into daily life. It is not just about "doing" environmental protection, but "teaching" it.

Tzu Chi Fengshan Workshop: The Regeneration Miracle of Discarded Jeans

The "Craft Workshop" at the Tzu Chi Fengshan Liaison Office in Kaohsiung transforms recycled waste jeans into unique cultural and creative products through the collaboration of young volunteers and elders. Facing the environmental pollution caused by fast fashion, volunteers recycle thousands of jeans and adhere to the spirit of "full material utilization." They carefully dismantle waistbands, pockets, and zippers, remaking the durable denim fabric into lifestyle items like phone straps, wreaths, and card holders. This year, the site was further upgraded to the "Fengshan Denim Lab," combining government resources to promote circular economy education, allowing the public to see the value of extending material life and demonstrating the power of sustainability starting from the community.

Video Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG2FvZwEGWA

 

 

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