Clothing

Key Areas

Extending the Life of Clothes Design Awards

Looking for design stars to make clothes last longer

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

Clothing Longevity Protocol

How long people keep and regularly wear their clothes for

Measuring the quality and value of textiles

The impact of textile feedstock source on value
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Video: Doing good business - tackling the carbon, water and waste impacts of clothing

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Practical action towards a circular economy:                 Our REBus project supports you to identify, appraise and pilot commercially attractive and resource efficient business models.

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Material Sales Workshops – Birmingham 2015

Are you a local authority officer looking to maximise income from dry recyclables? Our one day workshops, on Monday...

Extending the Life of Clothes Design Awards

We are looking for a design star who can come up with creative and innovative solutions to help make our clothes wearable for longer,...

Clothing Longevity Protocol

The Clothing Longevity Protocol is an exciting industry initiative to creating longer lasting clothing and increasing the length of time...

Guidance: Sustainable Clothing Action Plan

The following resources have been developed as guidance for SCAP signatories and any other professionals wishing to implement...

Material Sales Workshops Birmingham 2015

Are you a local authority officer looking to maximise income from dry recyclables? Our one day workshops, on Monday 16th and Friday 20th...

REC701-001 - Trialling the SCAP Clothing Longevity Protocol

Textiles is an area of strategic significance for WRAP. A key part of our work is the SCAP 2020 Commitment  - organisations from...

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Innovative business models

WRAP wants to support new business opportunities that don't depend on selling large volumes of products and materials to meet market...

Design Brief
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...

New clothing design award announced to target environmental impact of clothes

The search is on for fashion or textile designers that can show their flair for sustainable fashion; the brand new SCAP...

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.

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SME
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Subject

Circular Economy
Waste prevention
Waste reduction
Re-use
Recycling
Anaerobic digestion
Business collections
Carbon reduction
Carrier bags
Cost savings
Design
Energy from waste
Household collections
Landscaping
Logistics
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Market development
Material selection
Packaging
Policy
Procurement
Product optimisation
Recycled content
Refurbishment
Repair
Resource efficiency
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Materials and products

Aggregate
Batteries
Biofertiliser
Bricks and blocks
Bulky waste
Cans
Card
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Compost
Concrete
Drink
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