So-called fast fashion has ushered throwaway culture into the clothing business, with items so cheap they have become single-use purchases. Overall, the fashion industry as a whole is contributing more to climate change than the aeronautical and shipping industries combined. Every business leader in the fashion industry knows that clothing will have the same level of questioning and challenging that food has had for years. Mary Creagh MP, chair of the parliamentary environmental audit committee, which has been investigating fashion industry sustainability, says the timetable is too slow. Reprocessing these fibres is tricky, according to Mark Sumner, a lecturer in sustainable fashion at the University of Leeds.

Source: The Guardian December 29, 2018 15:56 UTC