Decomposition
Every year, we buy 100 billion garments. In Europe, fashion consumption has gone up 40% in the past 25 years, with 87% going to landfill or incineration. In addition, a third of microplastic pollution comes from clothing (two-thirds of all clothes use plastic fibres like polyester, nylon, acrylic, fleece and spandex). Calling for more circular fashion will only get us so far. We also have to rethink clothing materials – more especially if they are biodegradable. The Biomimicry Institute just won a €2.5 million grant to test and pilot technologies that convert wasted clothes and textiles into biocompatible raw materials.
— Wayne Visser
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