Waste Clothes Archives - SustMeme

Female staff in India gathered in semi-circle outside, greenery all around, dressed in multi-coloured saris with palms together in Namaste pose.

July 23, 2025 Jim McClelland

Upcycling at scale is not only possible, but powerful

Guest Blog by Dr R Sri Ram: Why textile upcycling at scale is about much more than simply stitching something old into something new.

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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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