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Is recycled plastic clothing a lie?

Podcast |: Hot Buttons
Publisher |: Post Script Media
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Business,; Climate Change,; Fashion & Beauty,; Science & Medicine
Categories Via RSS |: Arts,; Business News,; Fashion & Beauty,; News,; News Commentary
Publication Date |: Jun 30, 2022
Episode Duration |: 00:41:53

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This week, we’re talking about plastic fashion. Your Instagram and TikTok feed are probably littered with feel-good ads for clothes and shoes made from recycled bottles. But they aren’t the solution you think. Then, it’s a new world for brands doing business with China. America’s crackdown on forced labor is twisting supply chains putting brands in an uncomfortable position. How will fashion reorient itself? And we’ll finish with a reality-TV breakup with fast fashion. Can ‘Love Island’ push pre-loved clothing into the zeitgeist? Resources: Vogue Business: Recycled plastic swimsuits aren’t as green as you think NPR/Frontline investigation: How big oil misled the public on recycled plastic New York Times: Global brands seek clarity on Xinjiang BBC: H&M seems China sales plummet after Xinjiang boycott Vox: how your favorite jeans may be fueling a human rights crisis Reuters: 'Love Island' dumps fast fashion for second-hand eBay partnership Hot Buttons is a production of Post Script Media. The show is hosted by Christina Binkley, Rachel Kibbe, and Shilla Kim-Parker. Follow the show on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Then, it’s a new world for brands doing business with China. America’s crackdown on forced labor is twisting supply chains putting brands in an uncomfortable position. How will fashion reorient itself?

And we’ll finish with a reality-TV breakup with fast fashion. Can ‘Love Island’ push pre-loved clothing into the zeitgeist?

Resources:

Vogue Business: Recycled plastic swimsuits aren’t as green as you think
NPR/Frontline investigation: How big oil misled the public on recycled plastic
xinjiang-forced-labor-retailers.html">New York Times: Global brands seek clarity on Xinjiang
BBC: H&M seems China sales plummet after Xinjiang boycott
Vox: how your favorite jeans may be fueling a human rights crisis
Reuters: 'Love Island' dumps fast fashion for second-hand eBay partnership

Hot Buttons is a production of Post Script Media. The show is hosted by Christina Binkley, Rachel Kibbe, and Shilla Kim-Parker. Follow the show on Twitter.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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