A Survey of the Role of Charity Societies in Recycling Clothing Waste and the Extent of Their Societal Impact in Saudi Arabia

Najla Ibrahim Bin Hamdan ()
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Najla Ibrahim Bin Hamdan: Department of Fashion Design, College of Design and Arts, Makkah Al Mukarramah 21955, Saudi Arabia

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-17

Abstract: Clothing waste is one of the key wastes that societies discard in general, the Saudi society in particular. This increases environmental and visual pollution if necessary measures are not taken to reduce these pollutants. In turn, many charity societies that specialize in collecting clothing waste in Saudi Arabia have taken advantage of this waste by recycling it and thus achieving clothing sustainability, which, in turn, maintains environmental balance, especially since we are a clothing-consumer society. Recently, the researcher noticed the spread of many clothing containers for collecting used clothes by charity societies all over residential neighborhoods in the central, western, eastern and northern regions; this study focuses on the fate of those used clothes that are disposed of and placed in the containers designated for them. But, has this initiative of charity societies achieved the public benefit of society by sustaining these wastes? The study includes three hypotheses, and to verify them, we conduct variance tests, and Scheffe tests for multiple comparisons, as well as (T) tests. The study reaches the conclusion that there are statistically significant differences between the average scores of the sample members in how charity societies benefit from clothing waste according to the study variables, where the (F) value is (46.369), which is a statistically significant value at a level of (0.01). There are also statistically significant differences between the average scores of the sample members in the methods of classifying and sorting clothing waste to achieve its sustainability according to the study variables, where the (F) value is (15.212), which is a statistically significant value at the level of (0.01). There are statistically significant differences between the average scores of the sample members in the societal impact of charity societies to achieve clothing sustainability according to the study variables, where the (T) value is (8.403), which is a statistically significant value at the level of significance (0.01).

Keywords: sustainability; fashion; used clothes; fashion and textile; charity societies; clothing waste; clothing recycling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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