Home Tonight Season 2019 Episode 31

Cheap Clothing: The Real Cost?

Tonight · Season 2019 · Episode 31
With people buying more clothes than every before - clothes that are quickly replaced but often not recycled - it is believed that the fashion industry will consume more than a quarter of the world's annual carbon budget by 2050. Helen Skelton investigates this growing problem to ask what solutions the industry is providing and whether consumers can make a difference.

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Season
2019
Episode
31
Air Date
19/Sep/2019
Air Time
19:30
Runtime
30 min

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With people buying more clothes than every before - clothes that are quickly replaced but often not recycled - it is believed that the fashion industry will consume more than a quarter of the world's annual carbon budget by 2050. Helen Skelton investigates this growing problem to ask what solutions the industry is providing and whether consumers can make a difference.

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