Stylish and sustainable fashion countering pollution and waste

It's the billion dollar industry facing an environmental reckoning. Every 10 minutes, some six tons of clothing are dumped in Australian rubbish tips. The Federal Government is now taking action to cut the amount of fashion waste over the next decade.

Man looking through clothing while at a thrift store. Source: Getty

In Australia, Fashion is a 27-billion-dollar industry, and it's been transformed by the arrival of so called fast fashion outlets  offering the latest styles at cheap prices.  Over the past decade, fast fashion brands, many from overseas, have seen great success on the Australian High Street.  But they've also been blamed for fuelling a growing environmental crisis, accused of churning out high numbers of cheap clothing dumped after a few uses in landfill.