Thanks to your support in 2020, we were able to donate $125,000 to Canadian registered charities.

TWD Recycles The Socks Of The World

by Textile Waste Diversion Inc.

Screen Shot 2014-02-28 at 2.31.22 PMOne of the best parts of being a leading edge company in sustainability is the friendships we make. We are fortunate to connect and collaborate with many like minded companies dedicated to good environmental citizenship.

Our new friends at Soxyy are a perfect example.

There is nothing cozier than fitting into the perfect pair of socks. From the way they feel on your skin, to how they fit in your shoe; be it a need for warmth or breathability, nothing beats the perfect pair.

Our friends at Soxyy make exceptional quality socks that not only offer the perfect fit, but also offer various styles to suit all tastes and needs. One of the unique things about Soxyy is their sock of the month program-you never get the same pair twice! Also, their unique styles are sure to get you noticed. And besides being a great company that has an amazing product, they are also socially responsible.

Soxyy is going the extra mile to not only raise awareness about the potential of textile waste recycling, they are also providing their customers a means to dispose of their used socks in a environmentally responsible manner. TWD is happy to help with this initiative.

Starting now, Soxyy customers can mail us the contents of their sock drawer, and we will promise to divert it from landfills. Instead, the socks will be reused or recycled depending on their quality. So committed is Soxyy to helping their clients be more sustainable, they are even offering their clients a discount to motivate them.

It takes 500 gallons of water to make socks. That’s equivalent to 100 water cooler jugs. Considering that 75% of textiles end up in landfills which are dangerously close to capacity, Soxyy is  raising much needed awareness.

We are proud to offer their clients a sustainable solution, and proud to be partnered with such an amazing company.

Soxyy is a company you can feel great supporting. Happy sock shopping!

Together, we are creating a community driven, green future.

20200

Packaging and trash

Out of every $10 spent buying things, $1 (10%) goes for packaging that is thrown away. Packaging represents about 65% of household trash.

 

Save the trees

If every American recycled just one-tenth of their newspapers, we would save about 25,000,000 trees a year.

 

In the bin!

Used aluminum beverage cans are the most recycled item in the U.S., but other types of aluminum, such as siding, gutters, car components, storm window frames, and lawn furniture can also be recycled.

 

Kiss this!

An estimated 80,000,000 Hershey's Kisses are wrapped each day, using enough aluminum foil to cover over 50 acres of space -- that's almost 40 football fields. All that foil is recyclable, but not many people realize it.

Packaging at the dump

About one-third of an average garbage dump is made up of packaging material!

Glass skyscrapers?

Every month, we throw out enough glass bottles and jars to fill up a giant skyscraper. All of these jars are recyclable!

Plastic bottles by the hour

Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour! Most of them are thrown away!

The Sunday paper

To produce each week's Sunday newspapers, 500,000 trees must be cut down.

The aluminum recycling loop

A used aluminum can is recycled and back on the grocery shelf as a new can in as little as 60 days. That's closed loop recycling at its finest!

 

What gets recycled in Canada?

By weight, organics comprise the largest portion, accounting for 22% of recycled materials from all sources, followed by newsprint (17%) and cardboard and boxboard (17%).

Recycling by the Province

While on the rise overall, recycling varies quite widely from province to province. Ontario and Quebec recycle the largest quantities of materials, but the amounts of material recycled per person and the recycling rate are higher in Nova Scotia and British Columbia.

Canadian vs. American residential waste

Canadians produced 366 kg per person of residential waste in 2020; by 2020, this figure had increased to 418 kg per person. By way of comparison, residential waste production by our neighbours in the United States was 440 kg per person in 2020.

   

Canadian waste

In 2020, Canadian households produced 13.4 million tonnes of waste. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of this waste was sent for disposal, according to Statistics Canada’s 2020 Waste Management Survey, while the rest was recycled.

A great reason to recycle!

Landfills produce approximately 25% of Canada’s methane emissions (methane is a powerful greenhouse gas). Recycling, including textile recycling, can help reduce the amount of waste entering landfills and help conserve natural resources.

How much water do ice caps and glaciers hold?

The amount of water locked up in ice and snow is only about 1.7 percent of all water on Earth, but the majority of total freshwater on Earth, about 68.7%, is held in ice caps and glaciers.

How much recyclable material gets thrown away?

Paper is the number one recyclable material that we throw away. For every 100 pounds of trash we throw away, 35 pounds is paper. Americans throw away 25 billion Styrofoam coffee cups every year, 40 billion soft drink cans and bottles every year, and 38 billion plastic bags. Placed end to end, they would reach to the moon and back hundreds of times.

 

How much household waste can be recycled?

Over 80% of typical household waste - including food scraps, yard waste, paper, cardboard, cans, and bottles - can be recycled, reused, or composted.

How much carbon dioxide can a car emit?

On average, a car produces about 170g CO2 per kilometer. If your car travels 2020 kilometers per month, it produces about 340 kilograms CO2 - that's a lot of carbon dioxide!

How much harm can one styrofoam cup do?

A styrofoam cup contains one billion billion CFC molecules - a class of chemical compounds that deplete ozone. Once a CFC molecule reaches the ozone layer, it can take over 100 years before it breaks up and becomes harmless!

How many trees are cut down each year?

In 2020 statistics, primary forest area was reduced globally by 60,000 square km per year (about the size of Ireland). While it's impossible to get an exact count, at a rate of 50K to 100K trees per square km, this equates to 3 to 6 billion trees per year.

Worldwide Metals Production

Between 2020 and 2020, worldwide metals production grew sixfold, oil consumption eightfold, and natural gas consumption 14-fold. In total, 60 billion tons of resources are now extracted annually—about 50% more than just 30 years ago. Today the average European uses 43 kilograms of resources daily, and the average American uses 88 kilograms.