"Ethical Consumerism" News Archive

This article by Fashion Takes Action, examines how society tends to criticize celebrities for repeating outfits, but this mindset perpetuates a wasteful fashion culture.

Zero Waste Daniel is a sustainability-focused clothing designer in New York City who uses pre-consumer waste from the garment industry and other hard-to-recycle materials to create a line of genderless clothing and accessories.

German fashion retailer C&A has recently introduced an exciting new collection crafted from recycled cotton, a result of collaboration with the Spanish materials science company, Recover, showcasing C&A’s commitment to sustainability by utilizing textile waste.

One of the most significant threats to the environment is microfibres, which are tiny plastic fibres that shed from clothing made out of synthetic materials when manufactured, worn, and washed.

As blended materials are more difficult to recycle, Refashion is looking for new outlets for non-reusable textiles and solutions to facilitate their recycling, which is still limited in Europe.

Named MO.ONSHOT, Allbirds has created a zero-carbon shoe that is commercially viable and scalable and is the culmination of its work as a whole.

Advancing the circular economy, UNIQLO continues to expand its "Re: Uniqlo Studios" in-store repair service in New York on Fifth Avenue, in Beverly Hills, on State Street in Chicago, and in Disney Springs in Florida.

PETA calls the Textile Exchange’s Responsible Down Standard (RDS) ineffective because H&M has begun removing the RDS label from its online offerings.

Finnish company Paptic Ltd. has developed a new packaging material that combines the best features of existing ones, such as the high printing quality of paper, the durability of nonwovens and the versatility of textiles, while being made from 100% wood fibers

B Corp brand Boody, based in Sydney, Boody’s weaving system generates very little fabric waste compared to traditional cut-and-sew garment manufacturing.