The UK’s Biggest Event For Climate, Nature & People
Environmentalists in UK have concluded Great Big Green Week a day earlier aiming to draw attention to the climate emergency and destruction of the natural world while encouraging people in the community to do their bit.
It ran from 24 September to 2 October.
It was a case of out with the old, and in with the old, as Great Big Green Week was marked in Rickmansworth with a huge clothes swapping event. The swap was organized by Three Rivers District Council to help reduce clothing waste and encourage the use of second hand clothes.
Cllr Phil Williams, Lead Member for Environmental Services, Climate Change and Sustainability, said: “Clothes swapping is a great way to reduce waste and reuse what we have, while saving money. With the fashion industry being responsible for 10% of global carbon emissions, a reduction in consumption will help us reach our target of a net-zero carbon district by 2045.”
“With the trend of fast fashion resulting in more than half of all items bought thrown away in less than a year, and more than 7,000 tonnes of textiles being discarded in kerbside bins across Hertfordshire, more must be done to reduce our consumption and carbon footprint, and reuse what we already have,” she added.
