If you’ve just joined us today, it’s Midday on the Environment.More than 6% of waste in the US comes from household textiles.The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association, or SMART, a network of companies involved in fabric recycling, says that 95% of textiles can be reused or recycled. Old curtains, towels, sheets, shoes, stuffed animals and more can all be turned into new stuff.

And when it comes to clothes, what better way to recycle them than to have someone else wear them?

Forbes Magazine reports that in 2021, the global market value of secondhand clothes was $96 billion.

Joining Tom now are two volunteers with the Women’s Board of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, which runs stores downtown and in Cockeysville that sell secondhand clothes to raise money for a range of patient-care services at the hospital.

Susan Flax Posner is a volunteer at RENEWAL Upscale Resale at the Hunt Valley Town Centre in Cockeysville.

Joan Quinn volunteers at the Carry On Shopon East Monument Street, on the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus in Baltimore…

Susan Posner and Joan Quinn join Tom in Studio A. 

If you’ve just joined us today, it’s Midday on the Environment. More than 6% of waste in the US comes from household textiles.The <a href="https://www.smartasn.org/">Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association</a>, or SMART, a network of companies involved in fabric recycling, says that 95% of textiles can be reused or recycled. Old curtains, towels, sheets, shoes, stuffed animals and more can all be turned into new stuff.
And when it comes to clothes, what better way to recycle them than to have someone else wear them?
Forbes Magazine reports that in 2021, the global market value of secondhand clothes was $96 billion.
Joining Tom now are two volunteers with the <a href="https://womensboard.jhmi.edu/">Women’s Board of the Johns Hopkins Hospital,</a> which runs stores downtown and in Cockeysville that sell secondhand clothes to raise money for a range of patient-care services at the hospital.
Susan Flax Posner is a volunteer at <a href="https://womensboard.jhmi.edu/upscale-resale/">RENEWAL Upscale Resale</a> at the Hunt Valley Town Centre in Cockeysville.
Joan Quinn volunteers at the <a href="https://womensboard.jhmi.edu/carry-on-shop/">Carry On Shop</a> on East Monument Street, on the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus in Baltimore…
Susan Posner and Joan Quinn join Tom in Studio A.

Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at midday@wypr.org

Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at <a href="mailto:midday@wypr.org">midday@wypr.org</a>

Midday

Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine.  We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at midday@wypr.org.

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