Fashion (deservedly) gets a bad rap on the eco-front. According to Fashion Takes Action’s 2021 Feasibility Study of Textile Recycling in Canada, “textiles in Canada account for 7 percent of all plastics in Canadian landfills and make up the third-largest category of plastic waste in absolute numbers after packaging and automotive.” Further, 480,576 tonnes of textile waste end up in the waste stream every year!
When an item is thrown away, it is not only the item itself
