Clothing

Key Areas

Third Sector Capacity Fund

Increasing capacity to collect and/or prepare bulky materials for re-use

Love Your Clothes

Helping to change the way we buy, use and discard clothing

Sustainable Clothing Action Plan

Improving the sustainability of clothing across its lifecycle

Clothing Knowledge Hub

New initiatives, processes and technologies to reduce the impact of clothing

Valuing our clothes

The true cost of how we design, use and dispose of clothing in the UK

Innovative business models: clothing

Opportunities to building turnover while extending the life of clothes

Design for Longevity

A series of guidance notes for product development teams

Measuring clothing longevity

How long people keep and regularly wear their clothes for

Waste Prevention Loan Fund

Cutting waste and increasing re-use in electricals, furniture and textiles

Measuring the quality and value of textiles

The impact of textile feedstock source on value

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REC501-001 - Delivering support to the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP) working groups

The objective of WRAP’s Sustainable Textiles programme is to reduce the lifecycle environmental impacts of UK clothing consumption and...

New £800,000 fund to kick-start innovative partnerships in waste prevention

Local businesses, councils, charities and voluntary groups are being called upon to join together to prevent waste. Grants, of up...

Clothing Knowledge Hub

The Clothing Knowledge Hub showcases new initiatives, processes and technologies which can reduce...

Resource - realising the opportunities of a circular economy, 4-6 March 2014, London

Come and see us at Resource - a major European conference and exhibition for organisations looking to develop better...

Materials Pricing Report (MKE014-003)

The aim of this work is to continue the production of the Materials Pricing Report (MPR). The report offers a credible, independent and...

New campaign shows you how to access wardrobe billions

Research by WRAP* questions the old adage that women are better at clothes shopping than men, as they launch a new campaign...

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Valuing our clothes

WRAP’s ground breaking report provides the first big picture look at the financial and environmental impacts of clothing.

Developing resource efficient business models (REBus)

The REBus project is led by WRAP working with a range of partners from the UK and the Netherlands...

WRAP reveals the UK's £30 billion unused wardrobe

UK consumers have around £30 billion worth of clothes which they haven’t worn for a year hanging in their wardrobes, reveals a new...

Re-use e-newsletter

We are working towards helping the UK's re-use sector grow and develop. To find out how - please read our e-newsletter.

Measuring the quality and value of textiles from various sources

The purpose of this report is to measure the value of textiles from various sources through the material markets and the associated...

Study into consumer second-hand shopping to identify re-use behaviour

A study into consumer second-hand shopping behaviour to better understand purchasing behaviours and also to identify the re-use...

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