1.4 What’s in your wardrobe?

1 Do you think the boy needs all of these clothes?

✓ Analysis ✓ Evaluation ✓ Refl ection

I don’t wear most of these clothes! I don’t like some of them, and others are too small for me now.

2 Do you have the right amount of clothes?

Maybe Yes Umm… Maybe not No 3 Read and respond.

a What can you do with clothes you don’t want? b What would you like to do with your old clothes? Take part in a survey.

4 Read and respond.

Recycle: Sell online, send scraps to be repurposed or swap clothes with friends.

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use: Make new down: Pass things from old down to clothes – blankets, younger family new clothes, toys members and and rugs. friends. Donate to charity.

Why recycle clothes?

• Doesn’t fi t • Needs repairing • Change of style • Change of taste

Did you know that…

• Last year 14 million tonnes of textiles were made and nearly 12 million tonnes were thrown away. Only 2 million tonnes were recycled!

• More than 30% of old clothes end up in landfi ll. We can do better! Sample Pages

Next time…

Donate your textiles. You may not want that T-shirt anymore, but somebody else might! Save textiles from landfi ll. Reduce or repurpose your clothes to make new things. Source: www.rescuetex.com

a Answer the questions. • Who produced the poster? • Why did they create it? • What is it about? b Answer the questions. • What is the author’s opinion? • How do they use facts to support their opinion? • How does Rescuetex try to persuade the reader? c Read the text. Do you think this opinion could be biased? Explain your ideas.

Rescuetex offers used clothing in big quantities.

Companies can buy this clothing to make new materials.

The size of the textile industry is huge. Every year, too many unsuitable or surplus textiles fi nd themselves in landfi ll. Our collection and resale service stops this. The

Rescuetex company is doing its bit to save the planet!

5 Share and compare opinions.

a Do you agree with Rescuetex that we can do better with clothes recycling? b Do you think all fashion brands would agree with the idea of recycling clothes? Discuss why their opinions might be different. Have your opinions about clothes recycling changed? Tell a partner what you have learned in this lesson.

Key term support: toshow that something or someone is rightSample Pages

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