'Immense pressure': Fast fashion is hurting second hand clothing market, WRAP warns

Cecilia Keating
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'Immense pressure': Fast fashion is hurting second hand clothing market, WRAP warns

Report sets out how rise in demand for low-cost clothing is denting revenues for the sector responsible for recycling old clothes

Almost half of used textiles are being thrown into rubbish bins, according to a new study which sets out how fast fashion and the 'throwaway culture' it fuels is damaging both the environment and the second-hand...

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