Nearly half of of women's clothes for sale on some of the leading online websites are made entirely from new plastics, according to a study.
The BBC writes on June 11, 2021, Half of fast fashion made of new plastics, finds report.
Research completed by Royal Society for the Arts (RSA) found on average 49% of clothing made by Boohoo, Prettylittlething, Missguided and Asos were made of polyester, acrylic, nylon and elastane, with only 3% of those clothes containing recycled plastics.
The BBC writes on June 11, 2021, Half of fast fashion made of new plastics, finds report.
Research completed by Royal Society for the Arts (RSA) found on average 49% of clothing made by Boohoo, Prettylittlething, Missguided and Asos were made of polyester, acrylic, nylon and elastane, with only 3% of those clothes containing recycled plastics.
Trellis’s annual list goes beyond a simple shoutout. Selected startups get profiled on Trellis.net, pitch in webinars to climate executives and investors, and compete for Startup of the Year at Trellis Impact 26 in San Francisco.
The global disconnect around plastic end-of-life isn’t a failure of awareness. It’s a failure of system design.
