No One Wants Used Clothes Anymore (2018)

Re:No One Wants Used Clothes Anymore (2018) by bobthepanda on Friday December 04, 2020 @01:59PM (#25306239)

The article mostly doesn't talk about this; according to this, the price of new clothing has dropped so substantially that even reprocessing secondhand clothes into new textiles is largely a dying business. With all the environmental issues that entails.

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Re:No One Wants Used Clothes Anymore (2018) by anonAndOn on Friday December 04, 2020 @02:23PM (#25306513)

There is at least one viable alternative for some second-hand fabrics, insulation. I wouldn't use fabric insulation for all applications, but its noise dampening properties make it well suited for interior wall use.

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Re:No One Wants Used Clothes Anymore (2018) by r00fus on Friday December 04, 2020 @02:38PM (#25306709)

Are they fire-retardant as well?

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Re:No One Wants Used Clothes Anymore (2018) by anonAndOn on Friday December 04, 2020 @02:51PM (#25306875)

Yes, they're typically treated with a borate flame retardant.

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