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Amber Martin-Woodhead, Senior Research Associate in Design for Sustainability, Manchester Metropolitan University

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Fast fashion is inexpensive, so when clothes become worn or damaged, replacing them often seems easier than repairing them.

Clothes are often worn just seven to ten times before they are thrown away. And 92 million tonnes of textile waste is burnt or ends up in landfill every year.

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