World Environment Day is on Sunday, June 5, and Dress for Dignity is encouraging Australians to say yes to clothes and no to landfill by joining Australia’s Biggest Closet Cleanout between June 4-5. Participants can register on Facebook to clean out their closet and then upload their pre-loved fashion items to Dress for Dignity’s website to be sold. Not only will it be good for the planet, but all proceeds from the sale will go to Australian charity Share the Dignity to continue its work supporting those experiencing period poverty, homelessness, and domestic violence.
Dress for Dignity is Australia’s first 100 per cent charitable fashion marketplace where people can upload and sell or purchase pre-loved quality fashion items. After hearing a Federal Government report that Australia generates and sends about 800,000 tonnes of textiles waste to landfill each year, Dress for Dignity hopes to create a more sustainable circular fashion economy in Australia.
Share the Dignity founder and managing director Rochelle Courtenay hopes to see thousands of Australians make the pledge to clean out their closet on World Environment Day. “The idea for Dress for Dignity sparked while cleaning out my own closet during COVID,” Ms Courtenay said. “I wanted to be sure the clothes didn’t end up in landfill but also wanted a way to sustain the important work we do at Share the Dignity. So this World Environment Day I urge you to join me in cleaning out your closet and uploading your pre-loved clothes so you’re not letting good fashion go to waste. Not only is it good for the planet, it’s a small act of kindness that will help change somebody’s life through the work we do at Share the Dignity.”
The federal Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment released a communique at the National Clothing Textile Waste Roundtable in May 2021 that found Australians created enough textile landfill waste to cover Tasmania annually. “Australia is the second-highest consumer of textiles per person in the world after the US,” the report said. “Each Australian consumes an average of 27kg of new clothing per year and disposes of an average of 23kg of clothing to landfill each year, or 93 per cent of the textile waste we generate.”
Instead of contributing to the landfill waste, Dress for Dignity is encouraging Australians to make a powerful fashion statement by joining Australia’s Biggest Closet Cleanout. Follow Dress for Dignity on Instagram @dressfordignityau and Facebook @dressfordignity
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