Fashion industry experts answer your questionsHow to avoid textile “wish-cycling” and why clothing companies need to bear responsibility for the waste crisis their products createMar 4, 2021Mar 4, 2021
Elizabeth L. Cline: We need policy to stop new clothes from making a ‘straight line’ to the landfillWe hear from the author and journalist on the fashion industry’s addiction to cheap fossil fuels and how to break the waste cycleFeb 25, 2021Feb 25, 2021
Jessica Schreiber: ‘It’s just too easy and convenient to throw things away’We need to make it easier for clothing companies to reuse and recycle. Policy, data collection and nonprofits can help.Feb 22, 2021Feb 22, 2021
Roberts-Islam: Challenge to reducing fashion waste comes from producing high volumesWe hear from the fashion industry expert and journalist on tech solutions to clothing overstock problems and how policy can drive changeFeb 17, 2021Feb 17, 2021
Coming clean on fast fashion’s wasteful secretAll that clothing has to go somewhere if it’s not being soldFeb 8, 2021Feb 8, 2021
What does it take to make ‘eco-friendly’ clothes?Recycling is a step in the right direction, but it won’t be enough to solve our clothing waste problem.Dec 30, 2020Dec 30, 2020
A couch, a washing machine and a perfect plastic stormPlastic “recycling” makes us more dependent on the material in surprising ways, and that makes our pollution problem much worseOct 21, 2020Oct 21, 2020
The unsustainability of the fast fashion festival aestheticWhy a season with no Coachella or Bonnaroo might be bad for music fans, but good for the planet — and an opportunity to rethink fashion.Jun 25, 20202Jun 25, 20202
The health benefits of ditching plastic and going zero wasteOn a normal day, I wake up and brush my teeth with a plastic toothbrush, coating the bristles with toothpaste I squeeze out of a plastic…Apr 30, 20201Apr 30, 20201
Can my pet get coronavirus?I binge-watched all of Tiger King with my quarantine crew, but the endless memes and commentary from the docuseries have not been the only…Apr 24, 2020Apr 24, 2020
