About 550 kilos from containers of the Foundation ‘Training and Work’ is the total weight of used clothing that has analyzed in this study characterizing the fibers that make up T-shirts, shirts, coats, pants, jackets and all kinds of clothing which are dumped in textile waste collection containers. Of the total used clothing used in the containers analyzed, 62% of the garments are reusable and 37% recyclable. As for the fibers with which the garments are made, the study concludes that cotton predominates, with 50% in the case of recyclable clothing and 60% in the case of reusable clothing.
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