Read the text and mark the statements as True, False or Not stated
Patchwork — a form of needlework that involves sewing together pieces of fabric into a larger design.
Boro — the name of textiles that have been mended and patched over and over to keep them in use.
Sashiko — a form of decorative reinforcement stitching.
Nowadays, you have access to an enormous number of things you can buy, including clothes. There are hundreds of shops with affordable clothes, cheap enough not to keep them, and you throw them away as soon as they are worn out, out of fashion or even if they just don't bring you joy anymore.
On the one hand, you don't have to save much money if you need a T-shirt, for example. You just go to the nearest shop and get one.
But on the other hand, when you buy things on impulse and you don't want to hoard cheap stuff at home, you throw it away and create such a great amount of trash you can't even imagine! Tonnes of clothes are decaying in landfills right now. To top it all off, cheap clothes are often made of synthetic materials that take decades to decompose (if they can decompose).
Remember the three "R"s: reduce, reuse, recycle. First, you should think better if you really need to buy a new thing. Are you sure you want to follow all the fashion trends, which replace each other every single season? Do you need to have dozens of shirts and dresses? Take all your clothes out of your wardrobe, put them on the floor and see how much you possess. As a matter of fact, you don't need all of these things, do you? Maybe you have forgotten that you have some of them, and you haven't worn some for years. At least, I'm sure, if you choose the things you honestly love and value, they will make less than half of your pile. So, sort them out and donate the items you don't want to keep anymore.
What about worn-out clothes? Nowadays, hardly anyone chooses to mend a hole, they'd rather go and buy a new piece of clothing. Have you heard about patchwork [1]? Or maybe you are familiar with boro [2] and sashiko [3]? People used to mend things in the past, they even made it a kind of craft or even art. Why not try out? Or, at least, you can use the fabric rags for cleaning.
And the last "R", recycle. If you are totally sure you want to get rid of something, then do it wisely. Learn how to recycle different types of fabrics or just bring them to one of the numerous shops like IKEA or H M that collect used goods for recycling and sometimes even give you a discount in exchange.
You can do much if you just think deeper.
Excessive buying doesn't create any ecological problems.
- True
- False
- Not stated
Synthetic materials decompose easily and with no help.
- True
- False
- Not stated
You can try to give an old thing a new life.
- True
- False
- Not stated
You need special skills to mend a damaged piece of clothing.
- True
- False
- Not stated
There are special places where you can bring used goods for recycling.
- True
- False
- Not stated