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Experts Urge Action on Addiction to ‘Fossil Fashion’

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Fashion has become “dangerously” addicted to petrochemical-derived synthetic fibers, according to a new Changing Markets Foundation report.
Despite the growing ubiquity of garment take-back programs, the vast majority of clothing is landfilled, incinerated or “dumped in nature.”
CREDIT: Runway: Gerald Matzka/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Textile waste: izzzy71/Adobe Stock

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The global fashion industry has become “dangerously” addicted to petrochemical-derived synthetic fibers that are contributing to mounting clothing waste and ocean-polluting microplastics, a new report said Wednesday. Jointly released by the Changing Markets Foundation, the Plastic Soup Foundation, the Clean Clothes Campaign, Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine, No Plastic in my Sea and WeMove.EU, “Fossil Fashion:…

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