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Patagonia And Ebay Cooperate To Promote Environmentally Friendly Clothing Recycling Activities

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Us Cooperation To Promote Garment Recycling


Outdoor garments and

footwear

The manufacturer, Patagonia, is working with eBay to develop its Common Threads garment recycling plan to help shoppers recycle the garments they wear.


Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, said that the Common Threads plan can solve the important part of today's environmental problems, that is, the carbon footprint of our clothing.

The plan first requires

customer

Do not buy things that are not needed. If necessary, you should buy clothes that can last for a long time, repair them when they are damaged, and reuse or re sell clothes that are no longer worn. Finally, recycle the clothes that are really broken.

 


Yvon Chouinard explains that Patagonia is the first manufacturer that requires customers to make a formal commitment to reduce consumption and try not to throw clothes into landfills or incinerators.

The final stage of the plan will be a collaboration between Patagonia and eBay to create a new Internet market for customers to purchase and sell worn Patagonia garments.


The Common Threads's Internet market is the first major retail brand to actively encourage its customers to buy and sell used products on eBay, as well as the first seller of eBay.

brand

Shop.


Customers who list the used Patagonia products on eBay must first commit themselves to the Common Threads project and become partners in the project.

Patagonia will not charge the benefits of Common Threads store.


Rick Ridgeway, vice chairman of Patagonia's environmental protection plan, said that eBay and Patagonia created this unique store to encourage customers to list the Patagonia garments that they did not wear in the wardrobe to live on eBay, as eBay said, "the most green products are existing products.

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