UK households binned 300,000 tonnes of clothing in 2016
by Rebecca Smithers from on (#2W5WY)
The good news is that we are using our tumble driers less, the bad news we are chucking our unwanted clothes in the bin rather than recycling them
The carbon footprint of the UK clothing sector is worsening, a new report reveals, driven by the ongoing popularity of cheap and cheerful "fast fashion" and a shortage of sustainable raw materials.
Although the amount of clothing being sent to landfill has fallen by 14% from 350,000 tonnes in 2012 to 300,000 in 2016 a staggering one-quarter is still binned rather than recycled. That is down from 31% four years ago.
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