One comment about composting clothing… I have composted (actually worm farmed) quite a few items. One must remember that the thread that is used to sew the clothes and any other textile items together is very rarely if ever compostable… they are usually polyester. This sort of works in t-shirts as they use interlocking stitching to sew the garments and you then out pull the long chain of threads that the worms have ignored… (it is likely though that it has shed some microplastic).

The worst mistake I made was to put a woollen shirt in the worm farm with its stiff collar and cuffs which was made of compressed polyester fibre… as it was wetted in the worm farm it expanded and I was picking out fine fibres for about 2 years – it took me a while to realize where it came from.

So to prevent any risk of non-compostables in my worm farm (or compost) I cut off all seams and hems, and anywhere there is stitching such as pockets (this sadly must go to landfill). I also cut off any stiffened cuffs, waistbands or collars. and remove all elastic as well. It can take a bit of time but worth it in the end… hopefully, more items will be using compostable threads soon.

PS if you are keen you could actually unpick the items but that is a time-consuming task.