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We give or throw away more and more clothes every year, overwhelming charities and triggering large exports of secondhand clothing. There’s a better way
Growing mountains of textile waste are hard to recycle. There is scope to improve chemical and mechanical recycling methods but consumers and fashion brands play a role in reducing overproduction.
Brands like Zara and H&M are teaming up with recycled textile producers but more collaboration is needed.
Increasing recycled-fibre clothing offerings should not absolve the fashion industry from the urgent need to reduce production overall.
Together with higher cotton production, nanotextile products can boost Nigeria’s textile industry and the economy.
Just because we’re in a period of social change, doesn’t mean we have to lose momentum on sustainability. There are six things we can do right now to offset our daily waste from disposable masks.
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Assistant Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Lancaster University
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Strategic Projects Manager, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Researcher for the Clothing Sustainability Research Group and Lecturer Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Microbiology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso
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Professor of Operations Management, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow at BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior researcher in sustainability, Oslo Metropolitan University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University
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Postdoctoral research fellow in sustainability, Université de Genève
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Assistant Professor in Marketing, University of Bath
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President of the Management Board and acting Dean, IEDC-Bled School of Management
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Researcher/External Lecturer, IEDC-Bled School of Management; European Academy of Management (EURAM)
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Researcher, IEDC-Bled School of Management