It is essentially a potential solution to a real ethical and economic problem. With so much work and natural resources pumped into producing textiles at such a high waste rate, recycling textiles can provide a way for consumers to reduce their impact and help increase a much more sustainability. This can be seen as especially making an ethical impact in situations where textiles in question were cheaply made on a mass scale, putting natural resources and people in a vulnerable position. Recycling textiles can help provide fabric for future clothing and cloth needs, without the same ethical and environmental impact as creating textiles from scratch. Moreover, it is clear that the industry can save money on manufacturing textiles only to waste them and have to constantly manufacture more and more to fit the needs of the New York and international garment industry. Using recycled textiles can save funds in unnecessary production. However, it also proves a way to actually increase the premium cost to the consumer as well. The consumer market has shown a preference for more sustainable goods in almost all industries. With this greater demand in eco-friendly products also comes a general consensus that those products will cost a higher premium. Consumers are willing to pay more for the conscious knowledge that their products are much more sustainable. Using recycled...

This then has an economic impact in creating a greater profit potential. Other lesser quality garments donated can be donated to charitable institutions and organizations, once again increasing the ethical potential of the venture itself. Recycling fabrics to charity helps a lot of families here in New York, especially in the bitter cold of the winter time. As such, the venture is providing more than just profit potential for the city and all of its residents.
The project has helped put my own personal knowledge to the test. It has been a facet for our team to put the concepts learned in the course into actual practice. Sustainable design is not just a theory to be studied in school, but it must be taken out into the real world. Moreover, this proved a way for a potential venture to utilize a systems-thinking approach within an urban environment. The project utilized the various systems of the city of New York to make a potential successful adventure. It is focusing on the more populated areas of New York as a way to strategically place bins and public relations campaigns as a way to raise public awareness in general. It is with a systems-thinking approach that the project can take into account both the natural and human factors in the overall equation.