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More Recycling Can’t Fix The Fundamental Flaws With Fast Fashion
4m read27 savesFirst: 04/24/18Everyone in fashion is talking about “circularity,” but just focusing on reuse isn’t enough to lower the industry’s massive carbon…
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Food waste is going to take over the fashion industry
1m read20 savesFirst: 06/15/18The startup Circular Systems is pioneering new tech to convert food crop waste–like banana peels and hemp stalks–into wearable fibers.
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MPs to examine environmental footprint of UK fashion industry
3m read21 savesFirst: 06/22/18Inquiry will explore the carbon impact, resource use and water footprint of growing throwaway ‘fast fashion’ sector
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This small fashion startup has big plans to save the planet
5m read16 saves07/20/18Three-year-old brand Aday believes in eco-friendly clothing, and is turning to solar energy and recycled plastic to make its futuristic…
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Renting clothes could be the future of fashion
3m read12 savesFirst: 08/13/18It's already well established for some items - think tuxedos - so why not extend it?
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5 Innovations That Could Help Make Fast Fashion More Sustainable
3m read15 savesFirst: 03/12/18From dissolving fabric to clothes made from algae, the winners of this year’s Global Change award are trying to plot…
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Fashion's Dirty Little Secret And How It's Coming Clean
5m read52 saves09/09/18What the fashion industry calls "deadstock" is being routinely destroyed, defaced and dumped—for no good reason. There's a push to…
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An Eco-Friendly Startup Is Converting Banana Peels Into Fabric for Clothes
4m read5 savesFirst: 06/22/18Eat your banana and wear it, too.
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You can now buy a bag made from this mushroom “leather”
1m read10 savesFirst: 09/05/18At $400, this tote from Bolt Threads is not cheap, but it is very sustainable (and stylish).
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'Plastic is not cool' – is fashion finally cleaning up its act?
5m read18 savesFirst: 06/07/18As World Oceans Day approaches, Lucy Yeomans, Net-a-Porter’s chief executive, is leading the way in tackling fashion’s addiction to the…
what is the answer to fashion's waste problem?
7m read10/30/18As Burberry, Stella McCartney and H&M pledge to help eliminate plastic pollution, we look back to The Earthwise Issue, in…
Sustainability of the fashion industry inquiry launched
7m readFirst: Jan 04Environmental Audit Committee investigate the social and environmental impact of disposable ‘fast fashion’ and the wider clothing industry