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UNDRESSING THE TEXTILE FOOTPRINT
Reflections on Textile Circularity, Traceability and Responsibility.
Reflections on Textile Circularity, Traceability and Responsibility.
Extended Producer Responsibility in the textile industry: What is it and how does it affect textile companies? Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is an increasingly important concept in the textile industry due to growing concerns about sustainability and waste management. In this article, we will explore what EPR is, how it applies to the textile sector,…
Shein Taps Into Second-Hand: An Industry Trapped in 20 Meters Athletics is a discipline that has always fascinated me. I have never practiced it, I have been more of into team sports, but I admit that I have always admired the ability of athletes to withstand tension. Especially relay runners, and especially during that moment…
It is not an overstatement to say that waste lies at the heart of the fashion industry. The dominant model of fast fashion sees clothing as a disposable item, inevitably generating 92 million tons of textile waste each year, of which 87% ends up in a landfill. We must focus on a complete change of…
As environmental awareness has evolved, more and more initiatives have turned their attention to the textile industry as one of the most polluting on the planet. Every year new data, measures and projections of its impact appear, allowing us to better understand the problem we face. In sustainability departments, highly impactful and responsible decisions are…
As a society, we have so many urgent problems on the table that it is difficult to establish priorities. Every day we receive hundreds of worrying impacts in the news that make us participants in extremely disturbing problems ranging from climate change to inequality, passing through loss of biodiversity, violence or corruption among others. Deciding…
