日本环境省计划在3月编制一份行动计划，以遏制家庭服装废弃物。2024年，家庭购买了约77万吨服装，其中约48万吨被丢弃，大部分焚烧或填埋。政府目标是到2030财年比2020年水平减少25%的丢弃量。
环境省计划在3月敲定一份针对大幅减少家庭服装废弃物的行动计划，其中包括针对消费者、地方政府和企业的措施。该举措旨在促进二手服装的有效利用，并转向适合数量的生产和消费，远离过度制造和购买。
根据2024年估算，日本家庭获取了77万吨服装，而约48万吨作为废弃物被丢弃，其中约51万吨送往焚烧或填埋。二手物品再利用和纤维回收滞后，因为二手市场不发达，以及服装纤维多样性带来的挑战。快时尚质量下降导致从购买到丢弃的寿命缩短。
政府设定了到2030财年相对于2020年数据减少家庭服装丢弃量25%的目标，但当前减少率仍低于2%。行动计划将应对诸如建立可回收服装收集系统和设计易回收服装等障碍。它将为通过废物最小化、再利用和回收实现的减少设定数值目标。
一位省官员表示：“我们希望建议人们在大扫除时将旧服装作为资源回收，而不是丢弃。”服装生产涉及大量水和能源的使用，其环境影响凸显了可持续实践的紧迫性。
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