China’s landfills brim with textile waste as fast fashion reigns and recycling takes a back seat – ET Retail
Textile waste is an urgent global problem, with only 12% recycled worldwide, according to fashion sustainability nonprofit Ellen MacArthur Foundation. At a factory in Zhejiang province on China’s eastern coast, two mounds of discarded cotton clothing and bed linens, loosely separated into dark and light colours, pile up on a workroom floor. Jacket sleeves, collars…