Fashion Pollution Archives - SustMeme

Illustration depicts wood-based block across outflow pipes, removing magenta dye from wastewater, leaving it blue again.

March 30, 2023 Jim McClelland

Wood-based water tech removes 80% dye pollutants

News: Researchers discover new method of purifying contaminated water using wood-based tech to remove toxic dye discharge from textiles.

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Image of dresses hung on clothes rack in garden, overlaid with text: 'Sustainable fashion report: Which countries are the most interested in dressing sustainably? And which actually recycle the most clothes?

July 6, 2022 Jim McClelland

Which countries are best for sustainable fashion?

News: Research reveals which countries show the most interest in sustainable fashion; but also which import and export most clothing waste.

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Cover image for interactive asset showing little girl about to start climbing ladder next to pile of clothes, with text "if we stacked up all the fashion landfill created in a 12-month period, how high up this ladder would you have to climb to the top?"

March 10, 2022 Jim McClelland

Fashion waste landfill piled high as the moon

News: Piled high, the volume of fashion waste sent to landfill worldwide every year is enough to reach up to the moon in less than 8 months.

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