M&S launches rental service to minimise impact of fast fashion

Customers will be able to rent clothes from £13 for four days

Fast fashion and online shopping fill wardrobes with plastics

Almost half of the clothes listed on fast fashion websites are wholly produced from new petrochemicals, according to a new research

‘Fast fashion generates 92m tonnes of waste a year’

The industry also consumes 1.5 trillion litres of water annually and contributes to 190,000 tonnes of oceanic microplastic pollution, according to new research  

Boohoo launches its first recycled fashion collection

The retailer says the clothes have been made using 95% recycled polyester, with the fabric created from plastic that has been directed away from landfill

Fast fashion: Government rejects advice to tackle environmental impacts

Textile production contributes more to climate change – creating an estimated 1.2bn tonnes of CO2 equivalent every year – than international aviation and shipping combined

Fast fashion: Are your clothes damaging the planet?

Watch the short fact film to find out about the environmental costs of fast fashion