"Sweden’s secondhand clothing swaps offer a trendy way to cut environmental waste"#Sweden #Clothes #Textiles
Sweden's secondhand clothing swaps offer a trendy way to cut environmental wasteSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Alva Palosaari Sundman scoured the racks of secondhand clothes in Stockholm for hours in search of the right pair of preowned jeans. The 24-year-old art student was among hundreds of people attending an annual clothing swap on Sunday at a community center in Sweden’s capital. They exchanged their own clothes to “shop” for others. […]
"New research aims to reduce microfiber pollution released from cruise and hotel laundry"#Clothes #Textiles #Environment
New research aims to reduce microfiber pollution released from cruise and hotel laundryMicrofiber pollution from large-scale laundry operations is emerging as a significant and largely unseen environmental issue. New research led by the University of Portsmouth is using Cleaner Seas Group's industrial filtration technology—already deployed in commercial settings to better understand the scale of the problem and how it can be prevented before it reaches our waterways.
"Primark updates circular fashion design standards"#Primark #Clothes #Fashion
Primark updates circular fashion design standardsPrimark has updated its framework for encouraging product teams to design clothes which are more durable and easier to recycle, after just 5% of the clothing units sold in FY2024-25 aligned with the initial version.
"Fashion’s circular future? How Vinted sales reached almost €11bn in 2025"#Fashion #Textiles #Clothes
Fashion’s circular future? How Vinted sales reached almost €11bn in 2025Despite the impressive growth of resale platforms like Vinted, the fashion industry continues to face systemic issues that are slowing progress in the adoption circular models - from product design to customer behaviour.
"H&M Foundation launches open-source toolkit to cut textiles emissions"#Clothes #Fashion #Emissions
H&M Foundation launches open-source toolkit to cut textiles emissionsPhilanthropic entity the H&M Foundation has launched a new open-access set of resources helping businesses across the textiles and fashion industry to identify and enact opportunities to cut emissions.