Recycle & Reuse
"Fast fashion" has contributed to a culture of waste in which clothing is readily thrown away rather than being repaired, re-used, or recycled. Moving to "slow fashion" and encouraging secondhand use of apparel or recycling fibers for other industrial uses are ways to reduce the impacts of the fashion industry. Every ton of reused discarded textiles prevents 20 tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere.
Circular Fibersheds
The Nature of Fashion Report: Moving towards a regenerative system
In 2020, the Biomimicry Institute released The Nature of Fashion Report, asking: “What would the fashion industry look like if it acted like a natural ecosystem?” The answer: decomposition is the missing engine.