Month: July 2023

Australian Fashion and Clothing Industry Launches Roadmap to Circularity by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Some of Australia’s major fashion and clothing brands have committed to be foundation members of a national stewardship scheme that aims to make Australian fashion and clothing truly circular, and significantly reduce the 200,000 tonnes of clothing that currently goes to Australian landfill each year. Launched by the Minister for Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek, the National Clothing Product Stewardship Scheme design and the Roadmap to Clothing Circularity, will drive the industry towards clothing circularity by 2030 through: Incentivising clothing design that is more durable, repairable, sustainable and recyclable. Fostering…

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UKFT launches textile recycling infrastructure and circular fashion projects

Stuart Mitchell

UKFT is working with a wide range of industry partners from throughout the UK supply chain on a series of government-funded projects focused on textile recycling infrastructure, circular fashion and sustainable manufacturing. The first is a £4 million project to develop and pilot a pioneering fully-integrated, automated sorting and pre-processing demonstrator for waste textiles (ATSP), which could eventually divert thousands of tonnes from landfill each year. The Autosort for Circular Textiles Demonstrator (ACT UK) is a two-year project that will support the transition from uneconomic manual sorting of clothes and…

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Harriet Lamb named Champion 12.3

Stuart Mitchell

Environmentalist and social rights campaigner Harriet Lamb has become the newest United Nation’s Champion 12.3, in her role as CEO of international climate action NGO WRAP. Harriet said of her appointment, “We need total transformation of our food and drink systems to stand any chance of achieving zero carbon and limiting the worst impacts of the climate crisis. This is the challenge of our generation. We have taken big strides in reducing food waste, and while we’re breaking new ground improving water efficiency and reducing GHG emissions from food, we…

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Charlie Banana Launches New Collection of Reusable Diapering Products, Taking Eco-Conscious & Cute to a Whole New Level

Stuart Mitchell

For more than a decade, Charlie Banana’s reusable cloth and swim diapers have been caring for babies’ bottoms while helping families reduce their household waste. Now the brand is delighting its fans with a collection of 13 playful new designs, while also upgrading most of its packaging to fully-recyclable FSC-certified paper. Known for being gentle on baby’s skin and the planet, Charlie Banana recognizes that going reusable is not always an easy choice for busy moms and dads. This is why the brand has created a reusable diapering system that…

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Scaled-up Investments and Enabling Frameworks Will Unlock Offshore Renewables Potential

Stuart Mitchell

The latest climate report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states that the international community is very unlikely to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5°C, if immediate action is not taken. Offshore renewables – such as offshore wind and ocean energy – have significant potential to accelerate the global energy transition and create new economic and social opportunities. According to the latest data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the installed capacity of offshore wind grew 18-fold to over 55 gigawatt (GW) in 2022 and ocean energy…

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