JOURNAL — Landfill

Over the last fifteen years, clothing production has nearly doubled. According to WRAP ‘the value of unused clothing in wardrobes has been estimated at around £30 billion. It is also estimated that £140 million worth of clothing goes into landfill each year.’ Put another way, every three out of five garments purchased will end up in landfill within a year. This is shocking, if you take a moment to think about how clothes are made (nearly all by hand), and what they are made from. It’s putting a huge strain on our natural resources. It wasn’t so long ago that we had...