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Your used underwear can now be recycled to grow food and help save

By A Mystery Man Writer

Would you compost your old underwear rather than see it go to landfill? Some companies are making 100 per cent pima cotton underwear that can be turned into soil for growing food.
First published in 1903, South China Morning Post is Hong Kong’s premier English language newspaper and has the city’s most affluent and influential readership. With a reputation for authoritative, influential and independent reporting on Hong Kong and China. The newspaper is supported with its online publication and its Sunday edition, Sunday Morning Post.
As apparel brands face pressure to curb fashion’s enormous waste problem, many are turning to resale programmes that let consumers cash in on used clothes. But companies that make intimates do not typically have that option.

Your used underwear can now be recycled to grow food and help save

PuyraBuyag (@JizmundoRally) / X

Your used underwear can now be recycled to grow food and help save

PuyraBuyag (@JizmundoRally) / X

Your used underwear can now be recycled to grow food and help save

PuyraBuyag (@JizmundoRally) / X

Your used underwear can now be recycled to grow food and help save

PuyraBuyag (@JizmundoRally) / X

Your used underwear can now be recycled to grow food and help save

Your used underwear can now be recycled to grow food and help save the planet – how compostable intimate wear eliminates waste

Your used underwear can now be recycled to grow food and help save

Your used underwear can now be recycled to grow food and help save the planet – how compostable intimate wear eliminates waste

Your used underwear can now be recycled to grow food and help save

Your used underwear can now be recycled to grow food and help save the planet – how compostable intimate wear eliminates waste

Your used underwear can now be recycled to grow food and help save

Your used underwear can now be recycled to grow food and help save the planet – how compostable intimate wear eliminates waste