Valuing our clothes is a summary of the key findings of a major technical report published by WRAP. It presents estimates of the carbon, water and waste footprints of clothing throughout its life-cycle for one year for the UK as a whole, plus evidence from a major new survey of consumer behaviour involving 7,950 UK adults aged 16+. It seeks to highlight opportunities across the clothing value chain to reduce the resource impacts of clothing supply, use and disposal.
WRAP built the case for change through the Valuing our Clothes report. Research showed that extending the active life of clothes by nine months could save consumers around £5 billion per year and reduce the carbon, water and waste footprints by around 20-30% each.
