Moltiplicare le vite dei tessuti. Raccolta e riciclo dei tessuti nell’Africa urbanizzata
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https://doi.org/10.19229/2464-9309/9222021Parole chiave:
rifiuti tessili, Africa urbanizzata, riciclo, economia circolare, sostenibilitàAbstract
Si stima che ogni anno 60 miliardi di chili di tessuti e calzature usati vengano bruciati o portati a discarica. Nonostante i Paesi africani – come il Kenya e la Nigeria – a livello mondiale contribuiscano in misura non rilevante al totale dei rifiuti tessili, il loro consumo di tessuti è in crescita. Un maggior consumo sollecita un’adeguata proposizione di idee e progetti che utilizzino le risorse tessili in modo non lineare e oltre il primo ciclo vita del materiale. In questo contesto si colloca Africa Collect Textiles fondata nel 2013 a Nairobi (Kenya), dove ha avviato con successo un modello aziendale per raccogliere e lavorare tessuti usati. A partire dalle ricerche sul campo a Lagos (Nigeria), e dalla consolidata esperienza a Nairobi, questo articolo discuterà i contesti, le potenzialità socio-culturali e le modalità economiche rilevanti per adattare e attuare un’iniziativa di raccolta e riciclo dei tessuti nell’Africa urbanizzata.
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