The clothing sector produces between 2 to 8 per cent of global carbon emissions, while textile dyeing is a major polluter of water. Fast fashion is responsible for a huge amount of textile waste, while depleting natural resources. The average person is buying 60 per cent more clothing than 15 years ago, while each item is kept for only half as long, according to UNEP data.
In this episode of The Wardrobe Switch, we have Kriti Tula, Founder of Doodlage, a sustainable clothing brand that came into existence, when sustainable fashion wasn’t a common jargon.She collects fabric waste from factories which are discarded for minor defects and pieces them together to create high-end clothing.