How Fashion for Good is Addressing Apparel’s Post-Production Impact
- Fashion for Good and The Microfibre Consortium are collaborating on a study to address and reduce the shedding and release of microfibers from clothing during laundering and wear.
When targeting clothing's environmental impact, the focus is often placed on production. But apparel's impact doesn't end there.
As garments are laundered and worn, small fiber pieces break off. Although small, these tiny fibers—referred to as microfibers, microplastics or fiber fragments, among other names—have a collective impact. Fashion for Good has teamed with The Microfibre Consortium on a study titled "Behind the Break: Exploring Fibre Fragmentation," which will help guide the industry in how to address and reduce shedding and release of these fragments. Brands like Levi Strauss & Co., Bestseller and Inditex have signed on to the project.
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