Children become larger and clothes (as well as games and strollers) become small and useless! What do you do with it?
Throw them away really seems a little responsible choice, which feeds a lifestyle based on consumerism and waste. So much so that in times of crisis such as we are experiencing it back to good habits of previous generations: if any of you moms today, has never worn clothes from recycled sisters or cousins?
There can be proud of because it was a sustainable solution even before you started to talk about sustainability. The real problem today is that families are not more numerous as they once were and it is quite common that a child has no siblings or cousins with a few years more. But not worry moms have ingenious and have thought of new ways to ” recycle ” children’s clothing. Let’s see how …
The Baby Boutique
Calling them ” thrift shops ” would be belittling the widespread idea of a thrift store is linked to the local and dusty smell of mothballs, in short, to the most distant from what a mother looking for her baby. These are real specialist chains, with hygiene standards and very high quality: no patched clothes or in a bad state, heads cleaned and sterilized and selection of quality brands.
Swap Party
Swap party or the art of bartering comes from the USA where it is now a real phenomenon and involves the fashion victims (who often find themselves with closets full of clothes never worn). Compared to the thrift shops, in this case, the recycling takes place between friends or acquaintances through the modes of barter: I give something to you, and you give something to me. Nil added value of the swap party is all there, in the little word ” party “: an opportunity to come together to exchange not only between mother’s dresses discontinued but also to socialize and spend a pleasant afternoon among friends.
Needle and thread
If just the idea of the clothes used (by others) does not like it, there is always a creative alternative: arm yourself with needle, thread and sewing machine to tailor his clothes or to re-create new objects from leaders used. The art of sewing has been extensively evaluated in recent years: no more activity from ” desperate housewife ” but a way to exercise their creativity and dexterity with very satisfactory results. If the designers have gone to recycling is now to sign up for a sewing class. For ideas and creative inspiration, the Internet is a great source.
Donate them
Finally, there is also another possibility: to donate clothes to a discontinued non-profit organization. It is often the most convenient and fast because they are very popular on the territory of the recycling bins. What happens to donated clothes? The associations, based on the state of wear, select them for reuse as such or for the recycling of fabrics and materials.
