UNIT 2 - HOW DO YOUR CLOTHES REPRESENT YOU?

Watch the video "Recycling fashion: The town turning waste into clothes- BBC News" and answer the Quiz questions.

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How many per cent of clothes end up dumped and burned in a landfill?

• 9.9%

• 0.99%

• 9%

• 99%

Our Earth at at this point, it's not capable of absorbing the huge amount of clothing that's _____________ each year.

"There are hundreds of companies in the small district, and each specialises in one specific aspect of the process, whether it's _________, ________ or ________."

How many per cent of recycled clothes does the town processes today?

• 15%

• 50%

• 5%

• 1.5%

What happens if your clothes are too old for the charity shop?

• They are sent for stores. Sorted by weight, cut apart and washed.

• They are sent for recycling. Sorted by colour, torn apart and washed.

• They are sent for your house again. Sorted by colour, torn apart and washed.

• They are sent for recycling. Sorted by age, ripped apart and cleaned.

What does a carbonizing machine do?

• It eliminates impurities from the wool.

• It puts impurities on the wool.

• It tailors clothes and send them to stores.

• It makes clothes new again.

"They're ________ here until a fashion ______ buys them and uses them to ______ clothes."

"We have an immediate impact on animal welfare because you reduce the stress that you have to put on the animals to get the wool."

What statement best represents the comment of the fashion designer?

• Using alternative materials like wool reduces stress on animals, impacting animal welfare immediately.
• The stress on animals to get wool is unnecessary if we use recycled materials to produce clothes.

• Reducing stress on animals has no impact on animal welfare.
• Using alternative materials like wool increases stress on animals, impacting animal welfare immediately.

The culture in Prato is the kind of culture that we need across the entire _______ _______ because it is based on _________, that are local but are capable of showing how.