Despite many brands using recyclable paper bags, the clothing retail industry still relies heavily on poly bags for transporting garments. Most recycling facilities can't process these bags, leading them to end up in landfills. Anthropologie has partnered with Waste Management to recycle over 60,000 tons of poly bags, turning them into reusable plastic pellets. While this initiative is a step towards better waste management, it's clear that brands need to further reduce plastic consumption and find sustainable solutions to minimize their ecological footprint.
"We need to keep clothes in good condition as they move from factories to shipping containers to trucks," says Candan Erenguc, chief operations officer at Anthropologie.
"It has been a very seamless process, and we want to make sure other retailers know they can do it as well," says Erenguc.
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