Dijon: Four additional collection points will soon be installed to recycle your old clothes.

If you're unsure where to dispose of your unwanted clothes, here's the solution: collection points. Four additional terminals will soon be installed at administrative sites in Dijon, in addition to those already available in shops and several other locations across the city.

They will be installed at L'Atrium, at 6, Place des Savoirs; at the Heudelet barracks, at 40, Avenue du Drapeau; at the hospital, at 11, Rue de l'Hôpital; and finally at the Dumay administrative site, at 1, Rue Sainte-Anne. Others will be installed if these demonstrate satisfactory operation.

In these terminals, everything will be accepted, even what is not reusable (clothing in poor condition, scraps of fabric, etc.), so that it is recycled and not incinerated, as 92 million tons of textile waste are per year. On June 26, the metropolitan council voted unanimously for the installation of these terminals, after a presentation by Jean-Patrick Masson, delegate for the ecological transition.

Before the vote, Councillor Karine Huon-Savina was keen to point out "the dramatic ecological impact of fast fashion ." The textile industry is responsible for 10% of annual global carbon dioxide ( _CO2 ) emissions, which is more than international flights and maritime transport combined. It consumes 93 billion cubic meters of water per year, with the production of a single pair of jeans requiring the equivalent of 285 showers. Finally, polyester clothing, when washed, deteriorates into thousands of plastic microparticles less than 5 mm in size, which pass through wastewater treatment plants, polluting not only river and marine ecosystems, but also running water. The elected official therefore urges people to think twice before consuming and throwing away their clothes.