Overcoming plastic waste in the fashion industry –
The fashion industry produces double the amount of clothing that it did 20 years ago and has seen a comparable increase in plastic waste. Is the fashion industry making inroads necessary to cut its use of plastic and ultimately limit its impact on the environment? A report by WIRED earlier this year highlighted the fact that, annually, ‘the fashion industry uses 342 million barrels of petroleum to produce plastic-based fibres such as polyester, nylon or acrylic…equating to 1.35 per cent of global oil consumption.’ While major steps have been, and...