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UK stores £30 billion of unwanted clothes | Fashion & Retail News

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UK stores £30 billion of unwanted clothes: LONDON – UK consumers have around £30 billion worth of cl... #ecotextile

LONDON – UK consumers have around £30 billion worth of clothes, which they haven’t worn for a year, stuffed into their wardrobes, according to a new report by WRAP, the UK’s lead body on resource efficiency. The new ‘Valuing our clothes ’ report released today, provides a big picture look at the financial and environmental impacts of textiles and clothing in the consumer-phase from raw material, to manufacture, purchase, use and disposal.

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@MistralPR » 17 Jul '12, 12pm
The UK has £30bn worth of #clothes they haven't worn in a year [link] #Resource efficiency needs to improve to reduce #waste
@tererobinson » 13 Jul '12, 9pm
RT @NURAXIhome: If UK stores £30 billion of unwanted clothes, wonder how much US stores? [link] #slowfashion #sustainable #ecofashion
@NURAXIhome » 13 Jul '12, 9pm
If UK stores £30 billion of unwanted clothes, wonder how much US stores? [link] #slowfashion #sustainable #ecofashion
@EcoDesignGirl » 13 Jul '12, 7am
RT @sheerethic: UK consumers are storing £30 billion worth of clothes they haven’t worn for a year in their wardrobes [link] #ecofashion
@sheerethic » 13 Jul '12, 7am
UK consumers are storing £30 billion worth of clothes they haven’t worn for a year in their wardrobes [link] #ecofashion
@loveMeAgain » 12 Jul '12, 3pm
RT @MsWandas: UK wardrobes stuffed full of £30 billion of unwanted clothes. [link] <Man alive! That's some major spring cleaning called for!
@MsWandas » 12 Jul '12, 3pm
UK wardrobes stuffed full of £30 billion of unwanted clothes. [link] <Man alive! That's some major spring cleaning called for!
@MCenvironmental » 12 Jul '12, 11am
UK stores £30 billion of unwanted clothes [link] #EnvironmentalNews
@homeofmillican » 12 Jul '12, 9am
@ecotextile UK consumers have around £30 billion worth of clothes, which they haven’t worn for a year... [link] #valueclothes
@AlkaraFashion » 12 Jul '12, 6am
UK stores £30 billion of unwanted clothes | Fashion & Retail News [link] #fashion #waste #recycle #efficiency
@NazgulKemelbek » 11 Jul '12, 11pm
UK consumers have ~ £30 billion worth of clothes, which they haven’t worn for a year, stuffed into their wardrobes [link]
@garrobostyle » 11 Jul '12, 10pm
goodness grief that's a lot money!...and that's only the UK...could the figure be a mistake? [link]
@StitchedUpUK » 11 Jul '12, 9pm
UK wardrobes are full of £30 billion of clothes unworn for the past year, says WRAP's 'Valuing our clothes' report [link]
@RespFashionHub » 11 Jul '12, 6pm
UK consumers have around £30 billion worth of clothes, which they haven’t worn for a year; #slowfashion is needed! [link]
@RAntoshak » 11 Jul '12, 11am
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@GreenGirrl » 13 Jul '12, 9am
RT @sheerethic: UK consumers are storing £30 billion worth of clothes they haven’t worn for a year in their wardrobes [link] #ecofashion
@TechTexSolution » 12 Jul '12, 6pm
UK stores £30 billion of unwanted clothes [link]
@yverarmel » 11 Jul '12, 12pm
RT @Apparelproduct: UK stores £30 billion of unwanted clothes: LONDON – UK consumers have around £30 billion worth of cl... [link] #ecotextile