Half of clothes sold by online fashion brands ‘made from virgin plastic’

An analysis of 10,000 items on the Asos, Boohoo, Missguided and PrettyLittleThing websites found an average of 49% were made of new plastics. Photograph: Anthony Harvey/Rex/Shutterstock

An analysis of 10,000 items on the Asos, Boohoo, Missguided and PrettyLittleThing websites found an average of 49% were made of new plastics. Photograph: Anthony Harvey/Rex/Shutterstock

source https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jun/11/half-of-clothes-sold-by-online-fashion-brands-made-from-virgin-plastic