News & Blogs Owning Clothes That Last Longer is a Growing Priority for UK Residents Share it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Envelope-open-text As the first alterations company to sign up to the SCAP 2020 Commitment (Sustainable Clothing Action Plan), which aims to reduce the amount of carbon and water produced by the clothing industry, The Zip Yard was heartened to read the latest research by the UK’s leadingsustainability charity. WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme) found that more than half of people nowview the environmental impact of clothing as severe with two in three (63%) saying clothes made to last longer and look good are now major factors when they’re deciding what to buy. Unsurprisingly, our habits have changed for the better during lockdown, with one in four(23%) now repairing clothes and one in five (19%) keeping items for longer. The latest findings build on previous research which found that the […]

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