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EPISODE · Aug 16, 2022 · 24 MIN

Fighting fashion waste

from People Fixing the World · host BBC World Service

Our desire for new clothes creates a lot of waste and much of it ends up in landfill. But a lot of that discarded material can be turned into something useful. We hear from the people in Ghana who are taking old clothes that are sent from Europe, and turning them into pillows, doormats and mops. In Italy, we visit the company making affordable clothes out of fabric that luxury fashion brands don't want. And we meet the Chilean entrepreneur who's turning clothes that are dumped in the desert into insulation for houses.Presenter: Myra Anubi Producer/Reporter: Craig Langran for the BBC World Service. Photo: Kantamanto Market, Accra (Yayra David Agbofah/The Revival)

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