A hub in Manchester called Stitched Up, run by Claire and Emily, takes old clothes and fabrics and transforms them into new garments. They teach upcycling, mending and ancient Japanese dyeing techniques at the hub, with the hope that people will stop buying new.
An estimated 235 million items of clothing were sent to UK landfill in 2017, according to a report by Sainsbury’s.
Meanwhile, in Sweden a recycling mill has developed a hi-tech method of reprocessing used clothes. Old cotton fabrics are separated and “de-dyed” to make them colourless before being turned into pulp.
The pulp, called circulose, is dried before being sold to textile companies to make thread. Garments made from this thread can be recycled several more times.
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A hub in Manchester called Stitched Up, run by Claire and Emily, takes old clothes and fabrics and transforms them into new garments. They teach upcycling, mending and ancient Japanese dyeing techniques at the hub, with the hope that people will stop buying new.
An estimated 235 million items of clothing were sent to UK landfill in 2017, according to a report by Sainsbury’s.
Meanwhile, in Sweden a recycling mill has developed a hi-tech method of reprocessing used clothes. Old cotton fabrics are separated and “de-dyed” to make them colourless before being turned into pulp.
The pulp, called circulose, is dried before being sold to textile companies to make thread. Garments made from this thread can be recycled several more times.