Out with the old, in with the new(旧的不去，新的不来). It's time to buy some new, bigger-sized clothes for summer. But 1 do you do with your old clothes?
Years ago, used clothes were 2 down to younger brothers or sisters. But now most of us are the 3 child in families. And people are richer. They are buying 4. Every year in China, people throw away about 26 million tons(吨) of used clothes 5 waste. It's a big waste of energy.
In many countries, charity shops 6 and resell second clothes. In those countries, it can be 7 fashion to shop for used clothes at charity shops like Oxfam. British singer Victoria Beckham has said she buys from Oxfam. “It's 8 to see what people send here, and it's good to help,” she said.
Chinese people have been 9 the trend (趋势) now. Fashion brand (品牌) H&M is inviting people to put their used clothes into special boxes in their 45 stores in China. They resell some of the clothes 10 cleaning them. They also use some clothes to make other things like toys.
