Recycling Mystery: Clothing

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By Trey GrangerAug 8, 2018, 5:00 am209 pts
We have a clothing problem in the United States and it has nothing to do with outdated fashion. The problem is what we do with the clothes we no longer wear. The EPA reports that over 16 million tons of clothing and textiles end up in landfills every year, comprising over 5 percent of total space. By…

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