Managing discarded clothes at source - German start-up Recyclehero shows how 

With around 5.5 kilograms of used clothing per capita per year, Germans are not only the top exporters of used textiles in the EU, but also worldwide, surpassed only by the USA and just ahead of UK. These clothes are a burden on people and the environment, not only in their own country, but also in the Global South, where the clothes often end up. Unfortunately, the right recycling infrastructure is not (yet) in place to deal responsibly with the mountains of textile waste generated every year, neither in exporting nor importing countries.