European Clothing Action Plan helps to redress the environmental impact of clothing

The four-year pan-European programme ECAP (the European Clothing Action Plan) completes this month with the publication of its report “Driving circular fashion and textiles”. ECAP is one of the first EU LIFE funded projects to tackle sustainable clothing in Europe and influence positive action across the entire supply chain. The summary report details its achievements over a range of innovation projects, conducted through eight work streams by partners in several European countries. The report “Driving circular fashion and textiles” signposts valuable resources including new guidance, white papers and key learnings…

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Adidas integrates Stuffstr sell back service to keep clothing in ‘infinite play’

Adidas UK is working with Stuffstr, the game-changing solution to consumer waste, to keep their clothing‘in play’. The Stuffstr system, which can be integrated into any retailer’s app or website, allows customers to sell back their unwanted clothing for store credit, regardless of condition, creating a closed loop, circular economy solution for the fashion industry. The Stuffstr service is fully integrated into the existing adidas app.  Members of adidas’ UK Creators Club loyalty programme can pull up their past five years of adidas purchases, each stamped with an instant sell-back…

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Nordstrom Announces Clothing Donation Initiative

Every year, billions of pounds of clothing ends up in landfills. Nordstrom, Inc. is now offering customers a better solution that helps give new life to used clothing and accessories, while also supporting local nonprofit organizations. Through a partnership with Give Back Box®, customers can donate items by mail at no cost. All donations will be directed to local nonprofits, where they will be sold to fund community programs such as job training and education initiatives. “Our customers have told us they want to be able to clean out their…

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