Redress study reveals the ugly truth about Hong Kong fashion consumption: two in five Hong Kongers only keep clothes for one year or less

 
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 Environmental NGO Redress launches the Hunt for the Oldest Piece of Clothing in Hong Kong to kick start annual fashion waste awareness event Get Redressed Month 

Hong Kong, 24 September 2020: Redress, the leading environmental NGO working to reduce fashion waste, commissioned a study “Clothing Consumption, Usage and Disposal Habits in Hong Kong” to reveal that two in five Hong Kongers only hold onto clothing for one year or less and nearly a third discard unwanted clothing items in the rubbish, contributing to the approximately 196 tonnes of clothing that enters Hong Kong's landfills every day.*