Bernadette Casey

Guest writer

Bernadette Casey is the co-founder of Usedfully, a purpose-driven, sustainability and R&D agency. The Usedfully Textile Reuse Programme is a membership programme enabling organisations to commit to and support a systemic change to a circular system, and has been running since 2016.

A pile of discarded clothing and textiles in Jakarta, Indonesia (Photo: Getty Images)

A global avalanche of used clothing is coming. NZ needs to do more to save it from landfill

While the government has announced aggressive targets for tackling plastics, it has remained largely silent on the pressing issue of waste textiles.

By Bernadette Casey | 12th May, 2021