
Shoppers are more and more interested in buying second hand
(Picture: REUTERS)The clothing and textile industry is responsible for up to 8% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to the United Nations. Textiles account for approximately 9% of the microplastics which enter the world’s oceans each year.
But larger brands are beginning to use the resale market as a way of giving clothes a second life, and saving them from landfill.