Waste Prevention & Education

Monthly theme: Sustainable fashion

March is sustainable fashion month. Learn more about how you can get involved in tackling this sustainability challenge. And make sure to sign up for the Waste Wise News e-newsletter and follow Waste Wise Lane County on Facebook and Instagram to stay in-the-know!


Fast facts

Source: The Center for Biological Diversity 

  • Fast fashion is an enormous, rapidly growing industry,
    with the number of new garments made per year nearly
    doubling over the past 20 years and global consumption
    of fashion increasing by 400%.


  • Waste occurs at every stage of the garment
    manufacturing process, harming wildlife, degrading
    land, and polluting soil and water. Fast Fashion Image
  • The fast fashion industry is a significant contributor to
    the climate crisis, responsible for as much as 10% of
    global carbon dioxide emissions.
  • Animal-based textiles such as wool are responsible for
    greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution, widespread
    habitat loss from deforestation and grassland
    conversion, and other harms to wildlife. In fast fashion,
    wool is commonly blended with fibers derived from
    fossil fuels and coated with chemicals, further increasing
    the environmental cost of production and disposal of
    these garments.


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Waste Wise Tip: Slow down & think things through

Kelly Bell, Lane County Master Recycler Program Coordinator, provides suggestions on how you can get involved in addressing sustainable fashion issues starting with your shopping habits.

Fashion Tip of the Month


Sustainable fashion resources


FiX iT Lane County

https://www.fixitlanecounty.com


Discard Upcycling

https://discardupcycling.com


Wildling Collaborative Arts

https://wildlingcollaborativearts.com/

MECCA Workshops, Classes & Camps
 
https://www.materials-exchange.org/makemecca/

BRING Product Design Challenge
 
https://bringrecycling.org/product-design-challenge


Upcycled Fashion Show (Shelton McMurphey Johnson House & Viking Textile Maker Hub)
https://smjhouse.org/runway/

University of Oregon Craft Center
https://craftcenter.uoregon.edu/fiber-arts

Guide to Used Goods in Eugene-Springfield
https://ow.ly/60li50QN5ep

Take the Jump
https://takethejump.org/dress-retro

St.Vincent de Paul
https://www.svdp.us/

Goodwill
https://www.goodwill.org

Craigslist
https://eugene.craigslist.org

The Freecycle Network
https://www.freecycle.org

Buy Nothing
https://buynothingproject.org

UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion
https://unfashionalliance.org

Centre for Sustainable Fashion
https://www.sustainable-fashion.com

Fashion for Good
https://fashionforgood.com Anchor

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