It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

University of Nottingham

Modern Slavery / Bangladesh Study

7 February 2025

3 minutes

Around four million Bangladeshis are employed in the RMG industry, the majority of whom are women and girls. Within this critical sector of the Bangladeshi economy and of global markets, exploitation of vulnerable workers remains pervasive.

New Report Reveals Worker Exploitation Rife in Hidden, Subcontracted Tiers of Bangladesh's RMG Industry

As Bangladesh grapples with overlapping political, economic, and labour market challenges, a new research on the country’s readymade garment sector has unearthed presence of child labour, including under illegal terms of work and in hazardous conditions, abuse of vulnerability of individuals living below the poverty line, abusive working conditions, among other things.

Staff Writer

Microfibre Pollution / Washing

30 October 2023

4 minutes

demonstrated that the structure of the textiles had a more pronounced effect on fibre shedding than the type of fibre itself. Fibre type had no significant influence on shedding. Notably, woven textiles shed fewer fibres compared to their knitted counterparts.

Doing Laundry by Hand Sheds Just As Many Microfibres As Machine Washing

A new research shows that washing clothing by hand can shed just as many microfibres as laundry washed in a machine and resolving this pollution problem requires changes in how textiles are designed, manufactured and traded on a global scale.