The Sustainable Fashion Collective

The Environmental Impacts of Washing and Laundry

• Neil Lant
• Fred Holzhauer
• Emily Broughton
• Ludovic Blanc

Plastics discovered in water systems, and even in our bodies, has emerged as a critical environmental concern of our age. As much as 63% of all clothing is made from plastics, which means the implications of the textile and fashion industry's role in this disaster is vast. And even aside from the issues of microfibres, toxic chemicals emitted from dyes and laundry detergents, heavy water consumption in the production of cotton and laundry processes, and high energy consumption from our relian...