textiles

textile waste in the uk.

According to Recycle London, over 7.5 BILLION articles of clothing end up in our dustbins every year meaning 75% of recyclable clothes are wasted, which could be recycled. Wonder how much we could reuse?

Interview: Making green the new black

The famously fickle fashion industry wastes resources like there's no tomorrow, a point that is not lost on fashion designer Rebecca Earley, who has embraced the green movement by creating clothes that are less wasteful. She told Lucy Middleton that it's high time other designers developed a more responsible attitude to the world's resources

What's wrong with "normal" clothing?

03 October 2007 NewScientist.com or on newstands

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