Fast results in fast fashion: you persuaded H&M to publish its restricted substances list
Tommy Crawford, communications manager on the Detox campaign, reveals the latest success story in getting clothing brands to ditch toxic chemicals.
As fashion-lovers around the world ponder over which clothes to add
to their Christmas wishlists, news about a different list linked to the
fashion industry has got the Detox team here buzzing. I’m
talking about H&M’s Restricted Substance List, a detailed version of which appeared for the first time on the company’s website this month.
Adidas, the world’s second largest sportswear brand, has responded (1) to the
Greenpeace ‘Detox’
challenge by committing to zero
discharge of hazardous chemicals throughout its entire supply chain and across
the entire lifecycle of its products, by 2020 (2).
Posted by Louise Edge — 9 August 2011 at 2:58pm
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In the second half of our tips on greening your wardrobe - to help you clean up your clothing inspired by our Detox campaign - we look at saying no to child labour, questioning distressed denim, avoiding greenwash, spring cleaning, speaking out and spreading the word.
Posted by Louise Edge — 10 February 2011 at 5:28pm
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Yesterday the Guardian featured a series of
pictures showing the appalling impact that China’s growing textile industry is having on the
Pearl River delta.
Posted by jossc — 26 October 2010 at 10:36am
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Philips have made progress in the latest version of our Guide to Greener Electronics - released today. The company's new Econova TV is the first on the market to be free of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs), putting it well ahead of other TV manufacurers.
The guide ranks the 18 top manufacturers of personal computers, mobile phones, TVs and games consoles according to their policies on toxic chemicals, recycling and the climate impacts of their operations. There's also a detailed reports on each company's performance.
So just how green are big names such as Nokia, Microsoft, Sony and HP?
Posted by jossc — 26 February 2009 at 3:27pm
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An old Philips TV at a scrap yard in Ghana
Last week we broke the shocking story about what actually happens to our electronic waste; instead of being safely recycled in the UK or Europe, much of it is instead being exported as 'second-hand goods' to places like Nigeria, China and India. Once there it's either sold for scrap, illegally dumped, or broken apart for recycling by some of the poorest people in the country, with no safety measures to protect them from the dangerous toxic chemicals like mercury, cadmium and lead which the e-waste contains.
As you may have seen on Sky News or the cover of the Independent this morning, our researchers have been conducting a three-year investigation in what really happens to electronic waste. The results show that, instead of being recycled responsibly like it's supposed to be, e-waste is being disguised as second-hand goods and being shipped of to (in this case) Nigeria. There, it's sold, scrapped or illegally dumped.
Acting on a tip-off, we launched our operation in collaboration with Sky Television to see just where some electronic waste was ending up. We took an unfixable TV, fitted it with a tracking device and brought it to Hampshire County Council for recycling. Instead of being safely dismantled in the UK or Europe, like it should have been, the council’s 'recycling' company, BJ Electronics, passed it on as 'second-hand goods' and it was shipped off to Nigeria to be sold or scrapped and dumped.
