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Upcycle Your Way To A More Sustainable Wardrobe

Why you need to upcycle There are plenty of reasons why you should be upcycling your clothes. For one, it decreases your carbon footprint. If every person in the world recycled their clothes just once, it would save a million tons of CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere! Second, upcycling combats fast fashion. When you create vintage and timeless looks out of old clothes, you're helping to reduce the demand for new clothing that gets produced in factories overseas where workers are often treated poorly. Third, when everyone is wearing the same things, it's easy to blend in and be forgettable, but when you stand out with an amazing upcycled outfit, people take notice! Fourth, upcycling is healthy for...

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