#circulartextilesday

While #fastfashion brands flood the market with cheap, synthetic garments, much of what we discard ends up in Asia and Africa, polluting water, harming local workers health, and overwhelming local reuse markets.

We must act at the source.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #circulartextilesday

Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick Reports of lung disease, skin conditions and even cancer are rising in Panipat, which recycles 1 million tonnes of textile waste a year

While #fastfashion brands keep flooding the market with cheap, synthetic garments, much of what we discard ends up in Asia and Africa, polluting water, harming local workers health, and overwhelming local reuse markets.

A story from India: www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #circulartextilesday

𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀

The EU is betting heavily on #textile #recycling, but its potential cannot keep pace with the mountains of clothes we produce.

Our planet is bursting at the seams with too much clothing. Recycling alone won’t fix it.

#CircularTextilesDay