ナショナルジオグラフィックさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ナショナルジオグラフィックInstagram)「Photo by @lucalocatelliphoto / Piles of discarded wool clothes await to be recycled in Prato, Italy. Italy is known for fashion, and this small town in Tuscany has been the epicenter of wool recycling for centuries. The town has become so efficient at it that today 15% of the world’s recycled textiles come from Prato. The recycling process starts with collection and sorting. These piles of rags have been carefully curated by experienced workers who separate the clothes by color. Once packaged, some colors may end up sitting in a warehouse for decades, waiting to be requested by the fashion industry. Only then are they unwrapped and put through recycling to create raw wool. The textile recycling industry of Prato is one of the subjects in my latest story called the "End of Trash" for the magazine. While the industry has been around for nearly two centuries, only in recent years have entrepreneurs in Prato started to advertise the recycled aspect of their wool. What was once considered a discarded item is today a symbol of sustainable production. Please follow me @lucalocatelliphoto to find out more. #prato #textile #waste #environment #italy Check out Nat Geo's link in bio for more on this story.」10月18日 11時35分