Action for Sustainable Living is launching its first SUST Swap Shop in association with Friends of the Earth. The idea is simple: bring clothes that you no longer want and exchange them for other peoples' unwanted items. In the UK alone 900,000 tonnes of shoes and clothing go to landfill each year. By running a clothing exchange Action for Sustainable Living volunteers aim to provide a practical and fun way to reduce the amount of waste, and the need for shoppers to buy more new items. Swappers should bring at least three items of clean clothes and pick up as many of everyone else's as they like for free. Any items left at the end will be donated to charity or recycled. This free event is open to anyone, though places will be limited. Lead Volunteer Hanna Backman says "We all get bored of our clothes sometimes, or find that they no longer fit. We can stop the waste clothing by buying less, swapping with other people and recycling the rest."
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