LONDON: The fashion industry urgently needs to reform its wasteful, polluting ways, British designer Stella McCartney and record-breaking sailor Ellen MacArthur said on Tuesday. With global clothing sales doubling since 2000, people now wear each item far fewer times, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation said, calling for items ranging from T-shirts to jeans to be designed differently and reused more. “The trajectory for the textiles industry is catastrophic if it continues in this way,” MacArthur told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Textile production emits 1.2 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases annually, more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined, the report said. Several major brands said they support the initiative, including Swedish fashion retailer H&M and sports giant Nike.

Source: Pakistan Today November 29, 2017 00:00 UTC