The view from WRAP

  • What’s lurking at the back of your wardrobe?

    By: Dr Liz Goodwin, CEO, WRAP Posted: 11 Jul 2012Comments: 1
    Between us, consumers in the UK have an astonishing £30 billion-worth of clothes lying unworn in wardrobes and drawers across the nation. You might find that hard to believe, but that’s what our very latest research – launched today - has revealed. We found that the average household has around £4,000-worth of clothes, of which, almost a third hasn’t been worn for at least a year! The report...
  • Valuing our clothing – an opportunity in the making

    By: Dr Liz Goodwin, CEO, WRAP Posted: 9 Jul 2012Comments: 3
    You may have spotted some rather amusing headlines today and at the weekend relating to a report on clothing that we at WRAP are soon to publish. Now while I realise that the words ‘undies’ and ‘pants’ make for great headlines, I have to tell you that talk of a national underwear recycling campaign off the back of the report was just wrong. Our ground-breaking research into all aspects of...