“When we talk about textile waste, the debate often focuses on the clothes we throw away.
“When we talk about textile waste, the debate often focuses on the clothes we throw away. But the problem starts much earlier,” explained former NTNU master’s student Rakib Ahmed, currently a researcher at SINTEF Industry.
The EU has introduced several initiatives aimed at collecting used clothing and managing the waste, once the garments are no longer in use.
“But much of the material used to make the clothes is lost before the garments even reach the consumer. This aspect gets far less attention,” he said.
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