Giving Back

New York and Company being a well known women's apparel company could give back to the environment in many ways. The coupons canb be turned into email only ring codes needed and if coupons must be used then the company should recycle each coupon and reuse instead of killing so many trees by all the coupons and newsletters sent out! Secondly NY&C could take donations from customers of their unwanted New York and Company clothing to be donated to charity, and/or thrift stores to sell for cheaper prices for underprivileged families. Third, the company can donate all damaged returned, and items not sold to be recycled and used again instead of clogging up our landfills even more. Production of cotton as well as other textile fibers puts a strain on our environment. When we recycle we are getting to reuse these textiles instead of hurting our environment. Only 15% of U.S. clothes are recycled and if New York and Company practiced this the company could give back to the environment and help change the earth little by little.

1 lb. of clothes donated = ~ 3.6 lb. CO2

~ 6,000 lb. water
~ 0.3 lb. fertilizer
~ 0.2 oz. pesticides