Resources
Working with WRAP, John Lewis identified an opportunity to improve fit consistency, and reduce sampling and product development lead times, for four core men‟s shirts. Bringing quality to life and encouraging sustainable living are core principles for John Lewis. The project aimed to facilitate 'right first time' sampling by creating a set of core blocks for four John Lewis bestselling men's shirts.
- Textiles
- Fibre & fabric selection
- Design for extending clothing life
- SCAP 2020
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
F&F has made a conscious decision to be more sustainable, integrating durability into its working practices, from product design to its end of life. WRAP has been working with F&F to help make clothes look as good as new, for longer.
- Textiles
- Fibre & fabric selection
- Design for extending clothing life
- SCAP 2020
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Textiles
- Re-use & recycling
- Collections & recycling
- Dry materials
- Local Authorities
This series of guidance notes provides different audiences within product development teams (e.g. designers, buyers, retailers) advice on designing to improve clothing life.
- Textiles
- Fibre & fabric selection
- Design for extending clothing life
- SCAP 2020
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
This report details the outcomes of a research project to understand and identify emerging and commercially viable de-labelling or de-branding technologies for corporate-wear.
- Textiles
- Re-use & recycling
- SCAP 2020
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
Waste prevention activities can be focused on particular waste materials and products. Please follow the links below for more information on the individual materials and how waste prevention activities can be formed around them.
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use & recycling
- Collections & recycling
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use and recycling
- Local Authorities
The benefits of face-to-face exchanges when it comes to re-using household items.
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use & recycling
- Local Authorities
- Non-governmental organisations
The production, use and disposal of clothes has a significant environmental impact. After transport, utilities, construction, and food, the clothing industry represents the fifth-biggest environmental footprint of any UK business sector.
- Textiles
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use & recycling
- Textiles 2030
- Local Authorities
- Non-governmental organisations
A WRAP study into the composition and re-use potential of household bulky textiles found that of all bulky waste in the UK around 19% (310,000 tonnes) consists of textiles.
- Non-clothing textiles
- Local Authorities
- Non-governmental organisations
The Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP) brings together clothing retailers, brands, suppliers, local authority representatives, recyclers, charities, trade bodies and the public sector to reduce the environmental footprint of clothing.
- Textiles
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use & recycling
- Design for extending clothing life
- SCAP 2020
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
The value of unused clothing in wardrobes has been estimated at around £30 billion. It is also estimated £140 million worth of clothing goes into landfill each year.
These estimates suggest there is an opportunity for local authorities to divert clothing waste away from disposal by promoting better care for clothing and alternative management options. Local authorities also have a role to play in providing advice on extending the life of clothes through enhanced care, re-use and recycling.
- Textiles
- Collections & recycling
- Contamination prevention
- HWRCs & bring sites
- Re-use
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
The Extending Clothing Life Protocol is a set of guides and principles to aid clothes designers and manufacturers in creating longer lasting clothing.
- Textiles
- Fibre & fabric selection
- Design for extending clothing life
- SCAP 2020
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers