Clothing

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Sustainable Clothing Action Plan

Improving the sustainability of clothing across its lifecycle

Sustainable Clothing Guide

Learn how simple changes can have a high impact on the life of clothes.

Love Your Clothes

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

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

Extending the Life of Clothes Design Awards

Looking for design stars to make clothes last longer

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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Citizens and clothing behaviours during lockdown

Our survey looking at citizens clothing clear outs, storage and donation behaviours

Changing our clothes: Why the clothing sector should adopt new business models

Increasing the utilization of clothing is a daunting challenge in a world of ‘fast fashion’ and accelerating consumption. Many companies...

European Clothing Action Plan helps to redress the environmental impact of clothing

The four-year pan-European programme ECAP (the European Clothing Action Plan)...

Driving circular fashion and textiles - ECAP summary report

This summary report explores the achievements of the four year ECAP (European Clothing Action Plan) project, part funded by EU LIFE.

UK textiles Extended Producer Responsibility

How could a textiles Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system help prevent textile waste and divert used textiles...

SCAP 2020 progress 2012-2017

An update on progress in measuring footprint reduction associated with garments sold in the UK by SCAP 2020 (...

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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...

Extending the Life of Clothes Design Award

This Award has now closed.

We announced the winner as ...

Graduate designer has it all sewn up and wins sustainable clothing design award

Rhiannon Hunt, graduate of the Chelsea College of Art and Design is the winner of the inaugural SCAP Extending the Life of Clothes...

Clothing Design for Longevity

A series of guidance notes, which provide short summaries of the key findings for increasing longevity in each of eight categories...

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...

Clothing sector agrees challenging targets to cut environmental impact by 15%

Tesco, M&S, Next and leading fashion designer Stella McCartney are among 53 retailers, suppliers, charities and recyclers in the...