Equally frustrated, her Instagram followers are joining in. Activist calls on fashion brands to address industry's harmful ...

W ith most donated clothes exported or thrown away, experts are calling for a shakeup of how we deal with the growing fashion waste issue. A first of its kind study, published in Nature Cities ...

So what can companies do to limit waste? How can fast-fashion companies reduce their impact? The fashion industry takes a heavy toll on the environment. Clothing production consumes one-tenth of ...

Outdated practices: Outdated practices within fast fashion often elicit more pollution and waste than they could if modernized practices were employed. By choosing modernized and streamlined ...

Read the series here. End of carousel Fabric waste is an increasingly toxic aspect of how fashion affects the planet. People bought nearly twice as much clothing in 2015 as in 2000, and most of ...

"The way fashion is produced and consumed needs to change – this is an undeniable truth," H&M said. The obstacles to significantly reducing clothing waste are formidable, despite the EU ...

PARIS — Luxury resale platform Vestiaire Collective is wrapping up its three-year campaign to tackle textile waste, which has included a ban on fast-fashion brands. In November 2023, Vestiaire ...

And the churn of fast fashion means that many items are discarded soon after they’re purchased, which has contributed to eye-popping amounts of textile waste. Two textile-focused startups are ...

The European Union has mandated expanded textile collection for all member states by 2025, which is expected to significantly increase the flow of fashion waste in need of a destination.

The Commission will require fashion companies to either collect an amount of textile waste that is equivalent to a certain percentage of their production, or pay a fee towards local authorities ...

This year’s International Day of Zero Waste emphasizes the need for action in the fashion and textile sector to reduce waste and advance circular solutions with the theme Towards zero waste in ...