Environmental News: Action Plan to make the clothing industry less damaging to the environment
Speaking on the first day of London Fashion Week Sustainability Minister Lord Hunt launched an action plan to make the clothing industry less damaging to the environment.
"We are facing big issues about the economy at the moment but the really big issue we face at the moment is climate change which can have a devastating impact on all of us. The clothing industry is responsible for lots and lots of greenhouse gas emissions," he said.
According to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs the UK's clothing and textiles sector produces around 3.1 million tonnes of CO2, two million tonnes of waste and 70 million tonnes of waste water per year - with 1.5 million tonnes of unwanted clothing ultimately ending up in landfill.
Lord Hunt said today's launch was "the start of a great movement towards sustainable clothing. We believe customers want sustainable clothing and we want to give them as much as possible."