Abstract
People in Japan buy about 1.44million tons of clothing per year, and they throw away 1.36million tons. Out of the clothes that are thrown away, only 0.3million tons get recycled or re-used. The remaining 1.06million tons is burned or dumped in landfills.
The rate of recycling and reusing clothing is about 13%, an amount that islower than Western Europe and other developed countries. Due to the worsening of the global warming trend, this situation needs to be corrected. We must urgently work to create a society that holds the goals of conserving resources and energy as its highest priority. For many years, the Japanese textile industry has been trying to find new ways to recycle and save resources. This paper explains research that was conducted on how Japanese society has been focusing on making progress on the 3R principle.
