The fashion industry continues to grow rapidly, causing significant environmental impacts.

• Sector with 4th biggest environmental impact in UK
• Huge carbon impacts
• Global production and spending on clothing rapidly rising
• 80% of impact is linked to production
• Re-using garments reduces consumption by 60%.

Taking action

The Greater Manchester Sustainable Textiles and Fashion Group will explore and drive circular solutions for the region’s textile waste problem and help to create positive change.

Initial actions include:

• Mapping of textile flows in the region to understand the flows in and out of the city region, identifying where there may be barriers or losses in the system and where intervention may be required to overcome these.
• Undertaking a textile waste composition analysis to give an understanding of the types and quantities of textile materials that are still being disposed of in the household residual bin.
• Evaluating prevention and re-use models and promoting these as a priority to align with the waste hierarchy.