{"id":4326,"date":"2019-08-26T13:50:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T12:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4326"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:41:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:41:56","slug":"say-no-to-new-for-30-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/2019\/08\/26\/say-no-to-new-for-30-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Say No to New for 30 days!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every week 11 million items of clothing end up in landfill.<\/strong> Throwaway fashion is putting increasing pressure on our planet and its people - it\u2019s unsustainable.<\/p>\n

Now there's something you can do to help. Join Second Hand September and pledge to say no to new clothes for 30 days.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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From growing the cotton to the dyeing process, it can take an estimated 20,000 litres of water to make just one pair of jeans and one T-shirt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To put this into perspective, it would take more than 13 years to drink this amount!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saving water is just one way you could be helping the planet and its people by\u00a0pledging not to buy new clothes for 30 days.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Take the pledge at\u00a0www.oxfamapps.org.uk\/secondhandseptember<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[108,109,110,111],"class_list":["post-4326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-secondhandseptember","tag-second-hand-clothes","tag-take-the-pledge","tag-water-saving","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t