In 2017 WRAP conducted a study into the environmental cost of the fashion industry within the UK. WRAP's vision is a world in which resources are used sustainably. They with governments, businesses and communities to deliver practical solutions to improve resource efficiency.
Their mission is to accelerate the move to a sustainable, resource-efficient economy by:
- re-inventing how we design, produce and sell products,
- re-thinking how we use and consume products, and
- re-defining what is possible through re-use and recycling
Valuing Our Clothes: the cost of UK fashion
This report examines the environmental impact of the UK clothing industry. It highlights recent achievements in the sector, explores opportunities for businesses, and shares insights on consumer attitudes and behaviour toward clothing.
Key findings
Signatories of SCAP have outperformed industry – reducing carbon, water, and waste
The amount of clothing in household residual waste has reduced by 50,000 tonnes
700,000 tonnes CO2e saved through people changing their clothing care habits
Switching to sustainable fibres - biggest opportunities for environmental savings
This report examines the environmental impact of the UK clothing industry. It highlights recent achievements in the sector, explores opportunities for businesses, and shares insights on consumer attitudes and behaviour toward clothing.
Key findings
Signatories of SCAP have outperformed industry – reducing carbon, water, and waste
The amount of clothing in household residual waste has reduced by 50,000 tonnes
700,000 tonnes CO2e saved through people changing their clothing care habits
Switching to sustainable fibres - biggest opportunities for environmental savings
Overview
Valuing Our Clothes: the cost of UK fashion presents the latest research on the environmental impacts of the clothing industry in the UK, and an update on the progress and achievements of the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP) so far. It highlights opportunities and actions that can be taken across the sector in order to meet the SCAP targets. It also sets out opportunities for the clothing sector to reduce the resource impacts of the clothing – and gain business benefits from doing so.
The SCAP plan involves these targets by 2020
10.6 %
reduction in carbon
reduction in carbon
13.5 %
reduction in water
reduction in water
14 %
reduction in waste to landfill
reduction in waste to landfill
0.8 %
reduction in waste across the whole product life cycle
reduction in waste across the whole product life cycle
Against a target of...
15 %
carbon footprint reduction
carbon footprint reduction
15 %
water footprint reduction
water footprint reduction
15 %
waste to landfill reduction
waste to landfill reduction
3 .5 % reduction in waste arising over the whole product life-cycle
reduction in waste arising over the whole product life-cycle
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