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Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
3. Fast fashion: How can we shop sustainably?
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
What are you wearing and do you know the hidden costs associated with your clothes? Trawling through the world of Fast Fashion this week, we're exploring the complicated and not very environmentally-friendly textile dying processes, asking whether organic cotton is really all that and finding out why we all should be hunting down our nearest charity shops and fabric recycling banks.
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Stuff that we spoke about:
Patagonia clothing: https://www.patagonia.com/sustainability.html
Rapanui clothing: https://rapanuiclothing.com/
H&M recycling scheme: https://rapanuiclothing.com/
Water pollution with dyes: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/environment-costs-fast-fashion-pollution-waste-sustainability-a8139386.html
Guppyfriends micro-fibre 'catching' laundry bags: http://guppyfriend.com/en/
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