Circular Fashion

Featuring: Laura Coppen, head of circularity at Zalando; Eliana Kuo, founder and co-CEO of Lablaco; and Justine Porterie, global head of sustainability at Depop.

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Inside the Circle is a four-part podcast series exploring the circular economy in action. Tune in as we unpack the technological and business innovations, policy solutions, and challenges associated with making plastics, food, fashion and cities more circular.

Episode 3: Circular Fashion

Redesigning textiles and making use of innovative technologies, business models and policies to close the fashion loop

Though the fashion industry has doubled its production of clothing over the past 15 years, 75% of the clothes we purchase end up in landfills and less than 1% are being recycled into new clothing, according to research by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. How can clothes be designed to last longer, be reused, and be recycled into new clothes at their end of life? What are the shifts in business models, technologies and regulations needed to design the fashion industry in a more circular way? How can we empower brands, designers, policymakers and customers alike?

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This podcast is supported by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and was produced by a team of Economist Impact researchers, writers, editors, producers and graphic designers, including: Martin Koehring, Martina Chow, Isobel Farquharson, Caroline Kinneberg, Melissa North, Stefan Georgiou, Muireann Price, Huseyin Kemal Gunduzler, Elsa Lima and Maria Gonzalez.