Indian label Urban Darzi turns only to landfills to source the raw materials needed for its future clothes
Can waste be transformed into a valuable resource? This would undoubtedly be a major breakthrough, since waste has been piling up for years on all five continents, much to the detriment of the environment. It would also be a sustainable solution to drive down the carbon footprint of certain sectors. This is the idea behind the Indian label Urban Darzi, which turns only to landfill to source the raw materials needed for its future clothes.
Creating a garment from nothing. It might sound impossible at first glance, unless that "nothing" in question refers to the mountains of waste that we throw out each year. Indeed, some 20 billion tonnes of waste are dumped each year in the oceans, according to the specialist website Planetoscope, So there should theoretically be enough "nothing" out there to revolutionize our wardrobes, without harming Mother Nature. And this objective has become essential for the fashion sector, the world's second most polluting industry.