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Honour World Environment Day: Go Second-Hand

04 / 06 / 21
5th June marks World Environment Day, a global moment to focus the attention of businesses, investors, governments, communities, and individuals on the urgent need to restore the Earth’s eco-systems.  TRAID’s contribution is to support the UK public to source more of their wardrobe second-hand and pass on clothes in our charity shops, while funding global projects that benefit the people and…
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Let’s Fix Fashion Now

25 / 09 / 19
Today marks the one year anniversary of TRAID's 23% campaign and Londoners have passed on one million garments. An incredible achievement. Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee Mary Creagh MP writes on the urgent need to reform the fashion industry, and what we can do to make a difference. Mary Creagh MP and Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee on…
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WI Calls to End Plastic Clothing Pollution

13 / 11 / 18
Sophie Page, Research and Campaigns Officer at the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, tells TRAID about its latest End Plastic Soup campaign to understand the impacts of microplastics fibres on the environment, and what we can do about it. At its 2017 Annual Meeting, the Women’s Institute (WI) members passed a resolution with a 98.9% majority calling on Government and…
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