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Posts tagged with reuse

• New Toolkit for Educators

  

  By Andrea Speranza.

  December 16, 2019

  • Education
  • Environment
  TRAID has launched a new toolkit – Behind the Seams – to support educators to promote education for sustainability. The […] Read More...

• Beyond Black Friday

  

  By Leigh McAlea.

  November 28, 2019

  • #secondhandfirst
  • Climate Crisis
  • Reuse
  Black Friday. A day when unbridled consumption is fetishised and celebrated. When what we buy isn’t about need or utility, […] Read More...

• Why retailers must put unsold clothes into use

  

  By TRAID.

  October 8, 2019

  • Clothes Reuse
  • Environment
  A major issue in the fashion supply chain is ‘deadstock’- clothes which haven’t been sold at full or sale prices. […] Read More...

• EAC calls for more regulation of the fashion industry

  

  By Andrea Speranza.

  February 19, 2019

  • Campaigns
  • Environment
  • Ethical Fashion
  The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has today published its final report on its inquiry into the sustainability of the fashion […] Read More...

• WI Calls to End Plastic Clothing Pollution

  

  By TRAID.

  November 13, 2018

  • Campaigns
  • Environment
  Sophie Page, Research and Campaigns Officer at the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, tells TRAID about its latest End Plastic […] Read More...

• 123 million clothes in London unworn

  

  By Andrea Speranza.

  September 24, 2018

  • Campaigns
  • Clothes Reuse
  • Environment
  London is one of the greatest fashion capitals in the world. Look at any part of this crowded city and […] Read More...

• Building Hope

  

  By Amit Arulanantham.

  August 31, 2018

  • International Development
  Amit Arulanantham, Programme Manager at ChildHope UK reflects on five years of funding for a project building hope for garment […] Read More...

• Fortismere Students Support TRAID

  

  By Leigh McAlea.

  May 14, 2018

  • #secondhandfirst
  • Clothes Reuse
  • Education
  Huge congratulations to the team of Year 7 students at Fortismere Secondary School in Muswell Hill, London, who chose to […] Read More...

• No More Percs

  

  By Leigh McAlea.

  November 6, 2017

  • Clothes Reuse
  • Repair
  • Reuse
  “While we focus on eco friendly ways of caring for the clothes people want to keep, it’s great to also […] Read More...

• Blankety Blank

  

  By Sarah Klymkiw.

  January 6, 2015

  • Education
  • Reuse
  • Up-cycling
  TRAID spent a day with the children from the Indo-American Refugee and Migrant Organisation to highlight the importance of waste […] Read More...

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