H&M’s collaboration with the designer Moschino. The Swedish clothing company is trialling a rental option from its shops and is behind the second-hand service SellpyFashion accounts for 10 per cent of annual global carbon emissions, more than all international flights and shipping combined. It is facing its reckoning moment for its pollutive production lines and soaring waste levels. The sector is problematic not just because of the environmental cost of the production of polyester, cotton, leather and other textiles, but also due to the sheer volume that is wasted. In the UK an estimated 336,000 tonnes of used clothing is thrown in the bin each

Source: The Times May 20, 2021 08:01 UTC