When ‘sustainable’ fashion backfires on the environment
- Written by Erez Yerushalmi, Professor of Economics, Birmingham City University
triocean/ShutterstockThe circular economy – the idea of “reduce, reuse and recycle” – has long been promoted as one solution to the environmental crisis. Instead of the old “take, make, use, throw away” model, it aims to keep materials in play for as long as possible.
In fashion, this means going well beyond...







