Out with the old, in with the new (旧的不去,新的不来). It's time to buy some new, fashionable clothes for the summer. But what do you do with your old clothes?
Every year in China, people throw away about 26 million tons of old clothes, according to the China Association of Resource Comprehensive Utilization. Most of them are buried (填埋) or burned as waste. It's a huge waste of energy.
"In many countries, charity shops collect and resell second-hand clothes," Zhao Guoliang, a professor at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, told Beijing Morning Post. "It's the best way to solve this problem."
In some countries, it can be fashionable to shop for used clothes at charity shops like Oxfam British singer Victoria Beckham said she had bought clothes from Oxfam. "It's amazing to see what people throw out and it's good to help such a great place," she told Heat magazine.
Recycling clothes is catching up in China. Fashion brand H&M is inviting people to put their old clothes into special boxes in their 45 stores in China. Some of the clothes will be resold after being cleaned. Some will be used to make other things, such as toys or cloth bags.
Another fashion brand JNBY also takes action. If people take the down jackets (羽绒服) they have worn to the stores of JNBY, they can get 200 yuan to buy the new clothes. The used down jackets will be cleaned and then given away to the people in need.
【小题1】People throw away about __________ million tons of old clothes every year in China.| A．21 | B．26 | C．45 | D．200 |
| A．hospital | B．magazine | C．website | D．shop |
| A．sell old clothes with toys or clothes bags | B．give people 200 yuan to buy new clothes |
| C．resell some old clothes after cleaning them | D．give old clothes away to the people in need |
| A．suggest ways to deal with old clothes | B．call on people to help the poor |
| C．encourage people to buy new clothes | D．advise people to save their money |
