Secondly, how did this item come to me? 

This item, made by Myanmar workers with sewing, came to Japan by ship. It was then transported directly to “Honeys” stores. The reason why items can be quickly placed in stores is that Honeys has a “product supply system that shortens lead times and keeps trends”. This system is made possible by their original SPA system, which is “a business model that cuts out unnecessary costs and time”.(article2) The item arrived at the store in this way and it was sold as outerwear in a 5,000 yen lucky bag. By the way, there were a total of 5 items in that lucky bag : 1 outerwear, 3 tops, and 1 bottom. Many of the clothes in it, other than the outerwear thrown away this time, were also thrown away at the same time when I entered the university of Tsukuba. 

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   Thirdly, how was it used and thrown away by me? 

I wore the “color scheme reversible blouson” for about 4 years. However, I have decided to take away this item because I couldn’t put away many clothes in my closet and my clothing sizes and tastes have changed as I have grown. However, I felt it was wasteful to throw it away because it was still wearable, so I decided to take it to a recycle shop named “WonderREX Reuse Entertainment Shop” in Tsukuba. Although, this shop did not buy it. When I was wondering what to do, my parents told me about “collecting used cloth" in japanese, “古布回収”. In the area where I live with my family (actually, I have lived in Tsukuba with my family for 19 years), there is a “collecting used cloth” on the first and third Tuesday of every month.(article3) Used cloth collected in Tsukuba will be sorted and pressed by recycling companies in Japan, after that, transported to foreign countries (mainly Southeast Asia) to be sold as used clothing or reused as industrial rags or cushioning materials.(article4) Other used clothes are “recycled as half-wool, compressed into sheets, and then used as soundproofing material for automobiles, building materials”.(article5) 

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