Stella McCartney and Ellen MacArthur team up to tackle fashion waste

Madeleine Cuff
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Ethical fashion figurehead and circular economy pioneer call for bold action on throwaway fashion, as new data reveals less than one per cent of clothing is recycled into new garments

Fashion designer Stella McCartney has joined forces with circular economy campaigner Ellen MacArthur to kickstart a new push to reduce textile waste across the fashion industry, after new figures today...

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