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Tips for building a more sustainable wardrobe

In this background story, FashionUnited gives you tips on how to create a more sustainable wardrobe - or if you’re a retailer, how to advise consumers about more sustainable fashion. Contents • How to build a more sustainable wardrobe • Still want something new? Consider renting clothes, or buying second-hand • Would you rather buy brand new...

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Ebay says shoppers will favour pre-loved purchases over new on Black Friday

Ebay has teamed up with the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) on data predicting what products consumers would be steering towards for this Black Friday as they look to save money amid the cost-of-living crisis. New research by the duo suggested that UK shoppers could be looking to make pre-loved and refurbished purchases instead of...

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Average Brit owns 118 clothing items according to new report

A new report commissioned by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has detailed UK consumers’ increasing interest in circular models of purchasing clothing and the typical life expectancy of certain items. In autumn 2021, the nonprofit contracted two large scale pieces of online consumer research on the topics, the first of which...

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Macy’s outlines slew of ‘sustainable’ initiatives in new report

US department store chain Macy’s has revealed an update on its achievements towards its sustainability goals, outlined under the social purpose platform, ‘Mission Every One’. As part of the announcement, the group has detailed circular solutions and services it has implemented over the past few years as it begins to move towards becoming a more...

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Zalando and Decathlon join in backing footwear recycling programme

Zalando and Decathlon have linked with Groupe Eram, and Revalorem to back the launch of a programme to recycle the soles of shoes at the French technology centre, Cetia. The group, together with France’s Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, are investing one million euros to help accelerate the creation of the programme, which is also open to other brands...

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Inditex named as partner of plastic recycling project WhiteCycle

Inditex, owner of fast fashion retailers Zara and Bershka, has been named as the sole cross-sector partner of recently launched plastic recycling project WhiteCycle. The initiative, coordinated by Michelin, looks to develop a circular solution to convert complex waste from textiles made of plastic into “high added value” products. The four-year...

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New Cotton Project marks halfway point with H&M and Adidas

The New Cotton Project has announced its completion of the first half of its three year project, which it has marked with the release of its first white paper and commercial collection launches with H&M and Adidas. Launched in 2020, the consortium, which consists of 12 players within the manufacturing value chain and research institutes, was...

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Circular textile company Circ secures funding with backing from Inditex

A circular fashion company has announced it has closed a 30 million dollar Series B funding round, with backing from big name industry leaders, including Inditex. Circ, a tech company that powers patented textile recycling processes, said the new investment will help it to drive progress, building on its mission of protecting the planet from...

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Recycled materials developer Recover secures 100 million dollar minority investment

Recover, a developer in recycled cotton fibre, has announced that it has closed a new 100 million dollar minority equity capital investment led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. In a release, the company, which already works with the likes of Primark, Inditex and C&A, said it will be using the investment to accelerate its global expansion and...

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H&M Group joins Fashion for Good’s circularity project

Sustainable textile organisation Fashion for Good has welcomed the H&M Group to its growing list of key project partners taking part in its Sorting for Circularity initiative. The project, launched in May 2021, aims to “develop more effective infrastructure to recycle textile waste to drive circularity in post-consumer textiles”. “To enable the...

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Plastic pollution from Amazon grows by 29 percent, according to Oceana

A report by ocean conservation group Oceana has found that up to 23.5 million pounds of Amazon’s plastic packaging polluted the world’s waterways and oceans in 2020. The organisation has called on the e-commerce platform to reduce the use of plastic packaging worldwide, a move it already committed to in Germany and India. Oceana’s report further...

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Biomimicry Institute’s Design for Decomposition initiative awarded 2.5 million euros

The Biomimicry Institute has revealed it has been awarded 2.5 million euros to lead a multi-year initiative, Design for Decomposition, that hopes to demonstrate the new possibilities of ‘biocompatible’ fashion waste. It will use the fund to pilot technologies that convert wasted clothes and textiles into biodegradable raw materials. The...