Its been prominent in the media in recent months that "fast fashion" is killing off ethical brands and the ability of those in the fashion industry from running a commercially viable business. This is due to the small prices that consumers wish to pay for their goods these days which are commercially unachievable. As a result, manufacturing gets done overseas and quite often in unethical conditions.
MPs have recently called for investment to be made into clothes recycling. This would see a sum of near £35million be made available for clothing collection points, repair services and reuse centres making garments and fabrics available for reuse. As a population, we are guilty of buying excessive amounts of clothing and wearing only a small proportion. With over 300,000 tonnes of clothing put in household bins every year, 20% is said to end up in landfill.
