Charities, including Oxfam and Traid, which rely on donations of unwanted clothes are facing an escalating theft problem - which could undermine public confidence in recycling and increase clothing waste, reports Louise Hunt
… suffer as criminal gangs target lucrative clothing recycling sector Louise Hunt | 1st February 2011 News Clothing Fashion Waste And Recycling … public confidence in recycling and increase clothing waste, reports Louise Hunt The …
If the mere idea of making your own clothes sends you running in panic to the high street, why not start with this really simple guide to re-fashioning a T-shirt as a dress
… | 23rd March 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Clothing Waste And Recycling Diy Make Your Own … 3. To enable people to access affordable clothing that has not been produced using …
Our economies and our jobs depend on mass consumption, argues Oliver Williams. If we all consume less to save the planet, the economy will tank and millions will lose their jobs. The answer is not frugality, but reductions in population.
… Unravelling the Relationships between Used-Clothing Imports and the Decline of African Clothing Industries , is that African countries fail to establish their own clothing industries due to the competition of …
The mainstream fashion industry is trapped in a competitive spiral of ever shorter and faster sales and production cycles, writes Ruth Styles - and that inevitably stresses both textile workers and natural resources. But there is another way: the way of 'slow fashion' in which clothes are timeless, beautiful and made to last.
… and made to last. 'Slow fashion' refers to clothing that lasts a long time and is often … exactly where and how products were made, but clothing didn't" , explains co-founder Rob …
Eco-label Goodone’s unique collaboration with the supermarket giant is finally bringing green fashion to the mass market
… six months. So what’s the solution to our eco clothing crisis? Well, one option is to buy … is getting in on the act with its latest eco-clothing collaboration – this time with …
Some people like fixing things - others have things to fix. Repair cafés are a new global phenomenon that brings the two together, writes Jade Herriman - giving satisfaction to both, sharing skills, keeping stuff out of landfill, fighting 'designed obsolescence', and building communities sustained by mutual help.
… repaired at repair cafés is huge: bikes, clothing, cameras, mobile phones, computers, …
What would you do if an American company planned to site a huge incinerator - bigger than the Millennium Stadium - above your town? How would you feel if you knew that no existing technology could prevent that incinerator pumping out toxic chemicals?
… suffer as criminal gangs target lucrative clothing recycling sector Charities, including … public confidence in recycling and increase clothing waste, reports Louise Hunt …
Green Living Editor Ruth Styles answers your eco-lifestyle dilemmas. This week, we're talking textiles
Ask the Ecologist: cotton, hemp and bamboo - which is the green choice? Ruth Styles | 22nd June 2011 Ethical Living Fabric Textiles Bamboo Hemp Cotton Silk Fashion Waste And Recycling Society …
Last week's 'War on Waste' - throwaway coffee cups were the deserving target - was an exemplar of effective single-issue campaigning by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall. But the answers to our waste problems go way beyond recycling. We must begin to plan a societal transition to a post-consumer culture of caring, sharing, and knowing when we have enough.
… a few. When 'Hugh's War on Waste' considered clothing and textiles back in the autumn, it … on the mountains of old, last season, unfit clothing that is thrown away to landfill each …
Scavenging is on the rise in the US and is no longer the exclusive domain of the poor. Felicity Carus reports on San Francisco's attempts to close down this informal sector and its impact on a burgeoning recycling culture
… suffer as criminal gangs target lucrative clothing recycling sector Charities, including … public confidence in recycling and increase clothing waste, reports Louise Hunt NEWS …
Gift ideas from businesses channelling their creativity into waste reduction methods.
… in Sweden, the company focuses on outdoor clothing and equipment and is committed to … fair trade products from food and drink to clothing and gifts. * …
Can sustainability be stylish? If Lost Property of London’s eco-accessories are anything to go by, yes it can
Lost Property of London The Ecologist | 13th April 2011 Ethical Living Bags Fashion Accessories Recycling Waste And Recycling Green Living Society holding.jpg Can sustainability be stylish? If Lost …
Calls to bring forward ban on recyclable material sent to landfill increase, as reports emerge of big increases in the quantity of textile waste being dumped
'Primark effect' still clogging up UK landfills The Ecologist | 19th January 2010 News Waste Food And Farming Recycling Landfill Renewable Waste And Recycling textiles.jpg A million tonnes of textile …
How can we reduce our ever increasing throughput of raw materials? By breaking out the the 'iron cage of consumerism', writes Mariale Moreno: make things to last - whether clothes, houses, cars, or washing machines. Join a car club. Share domestic appliances with neighbors. And bring back the laundromat!
Recycling is not enough! Sharing is the way to achieve a circular economy Mariale Moreno | 13th March 2014 Ethical Living Green Economy Consumerism Waste Recycling laundromat-cut.jpg How can we …
The rise of corporate eco-activism makes a refreshing change from the usual 'campaigners versus corporation' dynamic, write Steffen Böhm & Annika Skoglund. And for companies that embark on this path - like Lush, Ecotricity and Interface - it can work out well for them and the environment. But heed the disastrous consequences for those, like BP, who said one thing, and did another.
… like BP, who said one thing, and did another. Clothing brand Patagonia gives 1% of its sales …
The President-elect may be determined to lead America down an environmentally damaging path, writes Andrew J. Hoffman. But he may find few in the corporate world, where a growing number of major players are committed to eliminating CO2 emissions and making sustainability a core element of their business systems and supply chains, leading to global green transformation.
Trump, carbon neutrality and the next phase of business sustainability Andrew J. Hoffman University of Michigan | 14th December 2016 Comment Green Economy Fossil Fuels Climate Change Sustainability …
The world has become intolerable for people everywhere, and for Earth herself, says Pope Francis. Profound, transformative change leading to social and economic justice is now an absolute necessity and something we must all fight for. We must also act to safeguard the Earth herself, our common home.
The system is intolerable: the change we need is in our hands Pope Francis | 18th July 2015 Comment Religion Conservation Natural World Society Economics Green Economy pope-francis-cut.jpg The world …
Every year we’re landfilling or incinerating 200 million non-recycled, mass produced, unromantic valentine cards. So this year we should all make more of an effort to keep our romance and the planet alive.
… help for homemade goodies from cookies and clothing to handmade photo albums and …
Current 'dump it or burn it' mindset can only be resolved by moving away from incineration and landfill and aiming for a zero waste policy, say campaigners
UK can achieve 'zero waste' without incineration Tom Levitt | 5th October 2010 News Landfill Waste And Recycling Incineration prel.png Plans for greener incineration plants such as this one in …
The Environmental Investigation Agency and BBC Panorama use GPS to prove British electronic waste is being exported to poor African nations where it threatens the environment and human health. Andrew Wasley reports
… waste dumps where workers lack protective clothing and health and safety regulations are …
Biodegradeable Waste (BDW), ‘plants and animals’, comprises an amazing 59 per cent of your household waste. Do you simply throw yours in the bin? If so you...
59 per cent and counting... George Pilkington | 1st February 2006 Ethical Living Compost Composting Waste BDW Worms Vermicompost Vermicomposting Organics Green Lifestyle Composting Green Living Waste …