Clothing Knowledge Hubs
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Level: 212
Header Text: Love Your Clothes
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Body Text: <p>Launched in 2014, the Love Your Clothes campaign, part of the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP), has been developed together with industry to help change the way UK consumers buy, use, and dispose of their clothing.</p> <p>The ultimate aim is to reduce the environmental impact of clothing across the UK and influence a more circular approach to clothing globally.</p>
Level: 212
Header Text: Love Your Clothes
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Body Text: <p>Launched in 2014, the Love Your Clothes campaign, part of the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP), has been developed together with industry to help change the way UK consumers buy, use, and dispose of their clothing.</p> <p>The ultimate aim is to reduce the environmental impact of clothing across the UK and influence a more circular approach to clothing globally.</p>
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213
Level: 213
Header Text: Luxury suit hire, alteration and durable design
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Body Text: Alexandra Wood Bespoke Tailoring worked with WRAP to develop the business case for luxury menswear suit hire, alteration and durable design. The viability for this business model was demonstrated through the opening of two new stores and very positive customer feedback and uptake. Alexandra has embraced collaboration with another tailor to offer a bespoke service for women.
Level: 213
Header Text: Luxury suit hire, alteration and durable design
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Body Text: Alexandra Wood Bespoke Tailoring worked with WRAP to develop the business case for luxury menswear suit hire, alteration and durable design. The viability for this business model was demonstrated through the opening of two new stores and very positive customer feedback and uptake. Alexandra has embraced collaboration with another tailor to offer a bespoke service for women.
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214
Level: 214
Header Text: Designer clothing hire to customers across London
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Body Text: This trial looked at piloting the designer-to-peer model, allowing consumers to rent clothes from designers through an online platform, Rentez-Vous. The aim was to test the operational efficiency of the service. The scheme gives women the option of an unlimited wardrobe at the fraction of the cost of buying new clothes. The company is currently engaging with major fashion brands. This will expand its supply base, while offering the larger brands the benefit of improved re-use and data collection.
Level: 214
Header Text: Designer clothing hire to customers across London
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Body Text: This trial looked at piloting the designer-to-peer model, allowing consumers to rent clothes from designers through an online platform, Rentez-Vous. The aim was to test the operational efficiency of the service. The scheme gives women the option of an unlimited wardrobe at the fraction of the cost of buying new clothes. The company is currently engaging with major fashion brands. This will expand its supply base, while offering the larger brands the benefit of improved re-use and data collection.
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215
Level: 215
Header Text: Leasing recyclable workwear
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Body Text: This trial in the Netherlands issued 50 lock stewards with caps, polo-shirts, raincoats and fleece jackets made from 100% recyclable polyester materials. The trial tested if used clothing could be ‘deconstructed’ successfully back into its component materials and then be used to create more clothing. All of the clothing was successfully recycled, with some items requiring additional material added for remanufacture into new items (e.g. raincoats).
Level: 215
Header Text: Leasing recyclable workwear
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Body Text: This trial in the Netherlands issued 50 lock stewards with caps, polo-shirts, raincoats and fleece jackets made from 100% recyclable polyester materials. The trial tested if used clothing could be ‘deconstructed’ successfully back into its component materials and then be used to create more clothing. All of the clothing was successfully recycled, with some items requiring additional material added for remanufacture into new items (e.g. raincoats).
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216
Level: 216
Header Text: Case study
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Body Text: WRAP worked with IKEA UK & Ireland to pilot a textile take-back service in its Cardiff store. The service provided support for the community by giving people the opportunity to bring in any unwanted textiles – from clothing to soft furnishings – to be re-used or recycled through the charity YMCA. In-store repair workshops also helped customers revive their old textiles. It is intended that this service will be scaled up and progressively rolled out across IKEA UK & Ireland stores.
Level: 216
Header Text: Case study
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Body Text: WRAP worked with IKEA UK & Ireland to pilot a textile take-back service in its Cardiff store. The service provided support for the community by giving people the opportunity to bring in any unwanted textiles – from clothing to soft furnishings – to be re-used or recycled through the charity YMCA. In-store repair workshops also helped customers revive their old textiles. It is intended that this service will be scaled up and progressively rolled out across IKEA UK & Ireland stores.
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217
Level: 217
Header Text: Introduction to recycled nylon
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Body Text: <p>Nylon fibres are derived from petroleum like polyester. Nylon, or polyamide, is commonly used to make clothing, bags, and tights, but also tents, ropes, carpets and fishing nets. Two main types are used for these different applications: PA6 and PA6.6, and both are being used in clothing.</p> <p>In comparison to polyester, nylon is more difficult to recycle, and attention must be brought to separate the two different types of nylon. Used nylon clothes cannot yet be recycled as their level of contamination is too high, due to the blending of fibres and chemicals added to fabrics and clothes. However, other types of used nylon can be recycled using a chemical process to produce suitable recycled nylon for clothing applications.</p> <p>Recycled nylon is principally made from post-industrial waste (e.g. from the virgin nylon yarn production process, or carpet offcuts), but also from post-consumer waste (used carpets, discarded and ghost fishing nets). This open loop chemical recycling allows for supply chain waste reduction, lower dependence on non-renewable petroleum resources and, with post-consumer nylon waste, for pollution minimisation.</p>
Level: 217
Header Text: Introduction to recycled nylon
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Body Text: <p>Nylon fibres are derived from petroleum like polyester. Nylon, or polyamide, is commonly used to make clothing, bags, and tights, but also tents, ropes, carpets and fishing nets. Two main types are used for these different applications: PA6 and PA6.6, and both are being used in clothing.</p> <p>In comparison to polyester, nylon is more difficult to recycle, and attention must be brought to separate the two different types of nylon. Used nylon clothes cannot yet be recycled as their level of contamination is too high, due to the blending of fibres and chemicals added to fabrics and clothes. However, other types of used nylon can be recycled using a chemical process to produce suitable recycled nylon for clothing applications.</p> <p>Recycled nylon is principally made from post-industrial waste (e.g. from the virgin nylon yarn production process, or carpet offcuts), but also from post-consumer waste (used carpets, discarded and ghost fishing nets). This open loop chemical recycling allows for supply chain waste reduction, lower dependence on non-renewable petroleum resources and, with post-consumer nylon waste, for pollution minimisation.</p>
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218
Level: 218
Header Text: Sources
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Body Text: <p>Recycled nylon is not yet widely manufactured; however there are producers in Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, China and Europe. In Europe, the Italian company Aquafil has developed the regenerated nylon 6 yarn <a href="http://www.econyl.com/", target="_blank">ECONYL®</a>. The ECONYL® textile yarn is already used by several leading clothing retailers.</p> <p>Suppliers of recycled nylon yarns and fabrics can be found within lists of certified suppliers provided by certifying bodies. The most commonly used certificates for recycled fibres are the Global Recycling Standard (GRS), the Recycled Claim Standard (RCS) and the Recycled Content Certification (SCS). All three certificates allow to communicate the recycled content in a product, also specify pre- and /or post-consumer content.</p>
Level: 218
Header Text: Sources
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Body Text: <p>Recycled nylon is not yet widely manufactured; however there are producers in Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, China and Europe. In Europe, the Italian company Aquafil has developed the regenerated nylon 6 yarn <a href="http://www.econyl.com/", target="_blank">ECONYL®</a>. The ECONYL® textile yarn is already used by several leading clothing retailers.</p> <p>Suppliers of recycled nylon yarns and fabrics can be found within lists of certified suppliers provided by certifying bodies. The most commonly used certificates for recycled fibres are the Global Recycling Standard (GRS), the Recycled Claim Standard (RCS) and the Recycled Content Certification (SCS). All three certificates allow to communicate the recycled content in a product, also specify pre- and /or post-consumer content.</p>
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219
Level: 219
Header Text: Metrics
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Body Text: <p>Producing UK clothing from recycled nylon offers a potential 21% reduction in carbon emissions compared to the use of virgin nylon. The LCA used for calculating this reduction refers to an open loop chemical recycling of post-industrial nylon 6 waste (e.g. fishing nets, carpet offcuts). [1]</p>
Level: 219
Header Text: Metrics
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Body Text: <p>Producing UK clothing from recycled nylon offers a potential 21% reduction in carbon emissions compared to the use of virgin nylon. The LCA used for calculating this reduction refers to an open loop chemical recycling of post-industrial nylon 6 waste (e.g. fishing nets, carpet offcuts). [1]</p>
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220
Level: 220
Header Text: Construction circular workwear
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Body Text: Three organisations, Dura Vermeer, Alliander and Croonwolter&dros (TBI) set themselves a target to make 40% of their workwear circular by 2017. This pilot, led by Rijkswaterstaat, worked to increase re-use of materials. Two company contracts were awarded for the supply of workwear in which 85% of the material could be re-used. Alliander is aiming for 100% circularity and to issue an invitation to tender for a workwear package in 2017.
Level: 220
Header Text: Construction circular workwear
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Body Text: Three organisations, Dura Vermeer, Alliander and Croonwolter&dros (TBI) set themselves a target to make 40% of their workwear circular by 2017. This pilot, led by Rijkswaterstaat, worked to increase re-use of materials. Two company contracts were awarded for the supply of workwear in which 85% of the material could be re-used. Alliander is aiming for 100% circularity and to issue an invitation to tender for a workwear package in 2017.
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221
Level: 221
Header Text: Collection, sorting & circular procurement
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Body Text: Rijkswaterstaat worked with the Royal Netherlands Ministry of Defence on two pilots: the first pilot targeted collection, sorting and re-use of discarded uniforms and workwear; the second pilot worked to procure towels and overalls containing at least 10% recycled post-consumer textiles fibres.
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Header Text: Collection, sorting & circular procurement
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Body Text: Rijkswaterstaat worked with the Royal Netherlands Ministry of Defence on two pilots: the first pilot targeted collection, sorting and re-use of discarded uniforms and workwear; the second pilot worked to procure towels and overalls containing at least 10% recycled post-consumer textiles fibres.