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Training centre and factory in one: new Fashion and Textiles Academy in Wales

Non-profit organisation and manufacturer Fashion-Enter Ltd (FEL) is opening a new location of the London-based educational institution Fashion & Textiles Academy in Newtown, Wales. The new school combines a learning academy with a factory. For the launch of the new academy, FEL’s Wales branch joined forces with the local NPTC group of colleges,...

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Textile industry is “far from sustainable” states WWF

The clothing and textile industry has an “ecological footprint which is far from sustainable” due to the 1.7 billion tones of carbon dioxide it emits annually, states a new report from WWF Switzerland. In the ‘Changing fashion: The clothing and textile industry at the brink of radical transformation’ report, the WWF says that the fashion...