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"Today we make more clothing than ever before. And the driver for this is
primarily economic, rather than human need. Over the past decade, the term
“circular economy” has entered the fashion industry lexicon, wherein materials
are made to be reused and recycled by design.
Yet we haven’t seen the same level of recycling in fashion as we have in other
spaces – such as with plastic recycling, for instance. And this is mainly
because clothing-to-clothing recycling is much more difficult.
The use of recycled polyester and cotton by brands such as H&M and Cotton On
are key aspects of these companies’ sustainability initiatives – but the source
of these recycled fibres usually isn’t clothing. Recycled polyester tends to
come from plastic bottles, and recycled cotton is usually made from
manufacturing waste.
The fact is most clothing is simply not designed to be recycled. Even when it
is, the fashion industry lacks the kind of infrastructure needed to really
embrace a circular economy model."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
