How bad is fashion for the environment?
Does fashion really account for 10% of greenhouse gas emissions? We fact check claims made about the clothing and textile industries.
Is fashion really the second most polluting industry after oil and does it account for 10% of greenhouse gas emissions? Sustainable fashion journalist Alden Wicker does some fashion fact checking with Adam Fleming, presenter of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ podcast and Radio 4 programme Antisocial. And reporter Charlotte McDonald revisits a claim made in an edition of More or Less last month about the effectiveness of using condoms as a form of contraception.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Jon Bithrey
Editor: Richard Vadon
Production Coordinator: Jacqui Johnson
Sound Engineer: Rod Farquhar
(Image: Models display outfits / Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ images/Susana Vera/Reuters)
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- Sat 17 Sep 2022 04:50GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
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