As thousands of industry representatives gather in Brussels for the Textiles Recycling Expo Europe, ocean protection NGO Ocean. Now!, together with Break Free From Plastic, Seas At Risk, Fashion Revolution Germany and Fashion Revolution Belgium, staged a public intervention calling for systemic change in the fashion industry.
Through the performance “Oil Drip Ritual”, the organisations seek to expose the hidden costs of fossil fashion. Behind industry claims of circularity and recycling lies a business model built on ever-growing volumes of fossil-fuel-based synthetic fibres. This dependence on oil and gas accelerates climate change, microplastic pollution, fashion waste and threatens biodiversity, ecosystems and human health. At the same time, communities in countries receiving large volumes of textile waste are increasingly bearing the environmental and health burdens of a system from which they derive little benefit…
Source: Seas At Risk | Press Releases
