A new report on sustainable fashion compiled by behaviour change charity organisation Hubbub for the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion has recommended developing sustainable fabrics, boosting textile recycling and bringing textile manufacturing jobs back to the United Kingdom. It was based on a survey.
As part of the charity’s Greenprint for a Better Britain, a manifesto designed to ensure the UK’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is green and sustainable, Hubbub produced the report, titled 'Making the UK a global leader in sustainable fashion', which includes responses to a survey carried out with members of the public.A new report on sustainable fashion compiled by behaviour change charity organisation Hubbub for the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion has recommended developing sustainable fabrics, boosting textile recycling and bringing textile manufacturing jobs back to the United Kingdom. It was based on a survey.#
Sixty five per cent of UK residents agreed that the UK government needs to act urgently to reduce the environmental impact of the fashion industry, according to a Hubbub press release.
Unsustainable fashion practices–the make, take, dispose model often labelled ‘fast fashion’–result in more than £140 million of clothing being sent to landfill every year, with 300,000 tonnes of clothing ending up in household bins. While 20 per cent of this goes to landfill, 80 per cent is incinerated, contributing to a projected rise in industry carbon dioxide emissions of 2.8 billion tonnes by 2030.
Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) previously produced a report called ‘Fixing Fashion’ in 2019, which called for policies such as a one pence producer responsibility fee to be paid by fashion brands and retailers on each item of clothing they sell to fund better textile waste collection.
However, the government rejected that and other recommendations, claiming that the rest were covered in its Resources and Waste Strategy.
The new report calls on the government to invest in research and development to create more sustainable fabrics that have a lower environmental and social impact, boost investment in UK fabric recycling facilities to create a more circular economy, support new start-up businesses operating more green business models, invest in skills to bring more clothes manufacturing jobs back to the UK, and support the industry to create clearer information and labelling about the sustainability of clothes.
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