and that we want to reduce the amount of #TextileWaste that ends up in #landfill.

👖…And if an item can’t be repaired, over 3 in 5 of our #SecondHand clothing purchases have displaced the need to buy new ones!

The rise of resale websites like #Vinted and #Depop have been an eye opener into just how much #clothing we all own. You can now search for a specific item by size, colour and brand so easily that buying second hand is becoming easier than ever.

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Repairing Our Clothes 🧵

Thanks to the latest WRAP report (Feb 2025) we finally have some statistics about how choosing to #repair our #clothes and buying #SecondHand is having an impact.

A few key points >>>

🪡 #Repairing our clothes has been shown to displace the need for buying new items by 82%.

This shows that we’re placing value on the pieces already in our wardrobes, showing the #BigCompanies that we don’t want to keep replacing items,

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