"In Sweden, an article of clothing is used on average 30 times. If you double this to 60 times – which seems reasonable – you reduce the climate impact by half," she said.

Sweden is struggling to deal with unprocessed textiles following a European Union-wide ban on disposing of clothes. The EU decision has increased the amount of waste, overwhelming the Nordic ...

Sweden’s recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving overwhelmed municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take ...