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Steven Wright

Head of Subject - Fashion Marketing and Photography University of South Wale
Steven Wright

Steven Wright is Head of Subject - Fashion Marketing and Photography, University of South Wales.

 
 
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Recycling Crisis / Tshirt Study Report
The environmental cost of a cotton t-shirt is set long before it reaches a shop floor, determined by cultivation, water use and the inefficiencies of industrial fibre processing.

Why Bangladesh Loses More Cotton Than Norway's Best Recycling System Can Ever Recover

  • Special Correspondent

28 May 2026
Event Roundup / IFAT Report
EPR is turning fashion’s end-of-life problem into a governance question, linking product design with collection costs, recycling outcomes, compliance systems, and accountability across European markets.

Textile Circularity Becomes a Serious Test of Europe’s Waste Economy

  • Tom Voege

15 May 2026
 
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Event Roundup / Intertex Portugal Interview
Trade fairs now face a more exacting standard, where attendance matters less than relevance, qualification and business conversations that continue afterwards with intent.

Physical Fairs Still Matter When Trust Becomes the Scarcer Commodity

  • Subir Ghosh

4 June 2026
Footwear Footprint / Recycling Issue Report
Near-infrared scanning technology, adapted from the apparel sector, cannot identify materials in black soles where carbon black pigments absorb rather than reflect infrared light, accounting for 37% unknown results across the sample.

The Sneaker Economy Has a Structural Recycling Problem, Finds Fashion for Good Study

  • Special Correspondent

2 June 2026
 
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Product Impact / New Study Report
Understanding that the environmental crisis is more than just carbon emissions will ensure that as companies work to reduce their carbon footprint, they are aware of how their business impacts the environment on other fronts. Failure to do so risks shifting impact from one category to another unknowingly.

Raw Materials and Manufacturing Account for 90% of Fashion Product’s Environmental Footprint

  • Special Correspondent

25 April 2025
Country Overview / Ethiopia Report
The basic wage that workers get simply does not cover the cost of living in a big city. At the time of the survey, the average (monthly basic salary was 1,449 Ethiopian birr (ETB) (equivalent to about €26). Ironically, about two-third of the workers surveyed had to seek support from families living in the countryside in spite of being wage-earners. There are both internal and external factors that don't make a garment job so attractive.

It’s Now or Never for Ethiopia’s Garment Industry

  • Subir Ghosh

27 November 2023