Fast Fashion Waste Is Choking Developing Countries With Mountains of Trash
By Natalie Obiko Pearson, Ekow Dontoh, and Dhwani Pandya. Bloomberg. Less than 1% of used clothing gets recycled into new garments,...
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- Oct 9
Women Feel More Comfortable with Second Hand Than Men
WRAP has published a new report called 'Citizen Insights: Clothing Longevity and Circular Business Models Receptivity in the UK' in order...
- Sep 20
Would You Rent Children's Wear Instead of Buying?
Around 75% of clothes are largely lost to landfills or incineration, never re-entering the economy and children's wear industry has by...
- Sep 16
183 Million Pieces of Children’s Clothing Is Discarded in the UK Every Year
Written by Victoria Bell. Drapers. The kidswear recommerce market is having a moment. Awareness is growing quickly, spurred by demand for...
- Sep 16
Organic Cotton Emits 46% Less GHG Emissions Than Non-Organic
Textile Exchange’s Organic Cotton Market Report (OCMR) is a unique analysis of key data and emerging trends in organic cotton production...
- Jul 8
Looming Ecosystem Collapse: I Don’t Think You Understand How Doomed We Are
There’s war in Europe, Africa, and Asia, and for the first time since World War II, world peace is hanging on a thread. Human rights are...
- Jul 7
Making Renting & Lending Kidswear Simple & Beneficial
Transforming consumption habits is playing an important part in fighting climate change and reaching net zero. I’m more than excited to...
- Mar 21
"We're Sleepwalking' To Climate Catastrophe", warned Antonio Guterres
The 7th edition of Economist Impact’s Sustainability Week has kicked off. The keynote speech was delivered by UN Secretary-General...
- Jan 16
Climate Action Failure is The Top Global Risk 2022
Reported by the World Economic Forum. According to the latest The Global Risks Report, climate action failure is the biggest medium to...
- Jan 16
Dirty Greenwashing: Watchdog Targets Fashion Brands
Written by Sarah Butler. The Guardian. Brands could be forced to change the way they advertise or face court action if they are found to...
- Jan 16
Resale Report 2021 by ThreadUp
Resale sector is expected to grow 11x faster than the broader retail clothing sector by 2025, and that is driven by more sellers putting...
- Jan 1
Fashion on Climate Report by McKinsey
Published by McKinsey & Company and Global Fashion Agenda, 2020. COVID-19 is having a significant effect on the fashion industry,...
- Apr 19, 2021
World Heading for 'Catastrophic' Global Warming Unless Leaders Act Now
First published by Sky News. The US climate envoy John Kerry told Sky News that the problem is "extremely urgent" and that "countries are...
- Apr 1, 2021
Bitcoin Has a Mind-Blowing Environmental Impact
First published by DigiConomist. The record-breaking surge in Bitcoin price at the start of 2021 may result in the network consuming as...
- Feb 16, 2021
A Circular Economy Isn’t Just Planet-friendly. It’s Huge Market Opportunity
First published by WEF and ThePrint. In the circular economy, waste is designed out, products are looped back into the production system...
- Feb 8, 2021
Will Fashion Begin to Recycle Clothing the Same Way It Does Trends?
Published by Thred. Written by Sopia Phillips. 2020 was a year of reckoning for the industry, which is now expected to continue making...
- Jan 30, 2021
3 Reasons Why Embracing the Circular Economy Can be Powerful for Middle Income Countries
First published by WEF. Written by Maria Carolina Schmidt Zaldívar. The circular transition is crucial to building a resilient economy,...
- Jan 26, 2021
What Makes a Fashion Brand Sustainable?
Written by Ines Karu-Salo, Sign2Act. First published at Medium. The journey towards a better fashion industry has been slowly building...
- Jan 26, 2021
Scientists Address Myths Over Large-scale Tree Planting
Published by BBC. Written by Helen Briggs. Tree planting is a brilliant solution to tackle climate change and protect biodiversity, but...
- Jan 21, 2021
Building a Green Economy Could Stop ‘Nightmare’ Degradation of Amazon
Published by The Guardian. Written by Phoebe Weston. The Amazon will be transformed into a “highly degraded nightmare” unless a...