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Posts tagged with reuse

• Recycling Week 2021: Charity Retail Steps It Up

  

  By Maria Chenoweth.

  September 20, 2021

  • #secondhandfirst
  • Clothes Reuse
  • Reuse
  Since 1999, TRAID has kept clothes in use for longer. We tackle the problems caused by the fashion industry by […] Read More...

• Recycling Week 2021: ChattyFeet – Walks the Walk

  

  By TRAID.

  September 20, 2021

  • Clothes Reuse
  • Reuse
  The amazing ChattyFeet has partnered with TRAID since 2013 donating new socks for reuse and resale in our charity shops. […] Read More...

• Video: Why & how to create a sustainable wardrobe

  

  By Andrea Speranza.

  April 6, 2020

  • Clothes Reuse
  • Education
  • Environment
  TRAID has created a fun, short, education video about the socio-environmental impacts of our clothes! Every year, we receive hundreds […] Read More...

• 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...

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