Renewables Are Key to Zero Waste in Fashion and Textiles

Renewables Are Key to Zero Waste in Fashion and Textiles

This International Day of Zero Waste: towards zero waste in fashion and textiles, we invited our Nabilah Tarin, Strategic Communications Expert at REN21, to publish a guest blog on how renewable energy can help us conserve resources, and reduce waste in the fashion and textile industry. Read on to find out!  Managing the waste crisis is key to addressing climate change. With billions of tons of waste produced annually, the environmental and soci…

The High Atlas Foundation’s Zero-Waste Initiative

Bryn Galumbeck HAF Volunteer Today, on the third annual  we recognize the urgent need to transform waste management and promote sustainable consumption and production. This year’s theme, Towards Zero Waste in Fashion and Textiles, highlights the pressing environmental and social challenges caused by the textile industry and emphasizes the transition to a circular economy. Current […] The post Sewing Sustainability: The High Atlas Foundation’s Ze…

Zero Waste Day: LAWMA to tackle 1,040 tonnes daily textile waste - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) says it is taking steps to tackle the environmental impact of 1,040 tonnes of textile waste generated daily in the state. Textile waste Managing Director of LAWMA, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, said this in a statement on Monday, March 31, 2025, in Lagos to mark the International Zero Waste Day. Theme of the Zero Waste Day is: “Towards zero waste in fashion and textiles.” Textile waste refers to any discarde…

To Mark International Day of Zero Waste, GAIA Africa Demands Urgent Action on Textile Waste

As the world observes the International Day of Zero Waste 2025, GAIA Africa is calling for immediate action to address the growing crisis of fashion and textile waste, which is severely impacting African communities.  The fashion industry generates 92 million tonnes of textile waste annually, much of which ends up in the Global South. In Ghana, for example, Kantamanto Market has become a hub for secondhand clothing, where approximately 15 millio…