A 20-minute online course about global textile pollution and what we can do about it
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Last updated on May 7, 2026
This Resource Was Created through a Collaboration Between...
Aftermath Learning Lab
Make Fashion Clean (MFC)
Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation
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Textile Waste Fact #1
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Textile Waste Fact #2
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Textile Waste Fact #3
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Textile Waste Fact #5
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Textile Waste Fact #6
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Learn About the Social and Environmental Impacts of Global Textile Pollution through this Eight-Minute Video
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The above video shares highlights from a panel discussion between Matilda Lartey, fashion designer, environmental educator, and founder of the Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation, and Stacey Johnson, a board member for Make Fashion Clean (MFC).
Textile Waste Fact #7
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Textile Waste Fact #8
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Textile Waste Fact #9
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Five Ways to Take Action to Combat Textile Waste
Action #1
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Five Ways to Take Action to Combat Textile Waste
Action #2
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Five Ways to Take Action to Combat Textile Waste
Action #3
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Five Ways to Take Action to Combat Textile Waste
Action #4
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Five Ways to Take Action to Combat Textile Waste
Action #5
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Choose a Resource toContinue Learning Later
Watch a Documentary: Textile Mountain: The Hidden Burden of Our Fashion Waste
Read a Book:Consumed: The Need For Collective Change
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Choose a Resource toContinue Learning Later
Attend a Conference:LEAPS Annual Textile WasteConference
Read a Paper:Position Paper from Stop Waste Colonialism!
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You're Almost Finished with Textile Waste Facts!
Now It's Time toComplete Your TextileWaste Action Plan!
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Note: if you are having a hard time finding the personal action plan section, visit textilewastefacts.info and scroll down past thisinteractive learning widget tothe form underneath it
Click here to return to the start of the Textile Waste Facts course
Aftermath Learning Lab
Aftermath Learning Lab is an environmental health research and art lab whose mission is to reduce global textile waste and other technology-related pollution through interdisciplinary research at the intersection of art, policy, developmental psychology, education, and public health with an environmental justice lens.
Go to Website
Make Fashion Clean (MFC)
MFC is a 501c3 non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce global fashion pollution by upcycling textile waste and educating about pollution.
Go to Website
1. No More New Clothes
Eliminate or reduce purchases of new fashion and commit to Remake's 90-day "No More New Clothes" campaign
Go to the Campaign
Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation
The Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation (MFI Foundation) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization in Greater Accra, Ghana. Our mission is to create inclusive work and job training with fair wages for artisans who have been displaced by the secondhand clothing trade and the global fast fashion industry.
Go to Website
2. Reuse Clothing
Buy used clothing from thrift stores or find brands that make upcycled or recycled fashion via Good on You app.
Go to the App
4. Offset Your Pollution
Offset your global textile pollution by helping to fund the Make Fashion Clean Impact Fund, which upcycles secondhand clothing and textile waste sent to Ghana from the Global North. A contribution of $15 USD upcycles 1 pound of secondhand clothing or textile waste at the Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation.
Contribute to the Fund
5. Advocate for Change
Follow the OR Foundation, Slow Factory, the Aftermath Learning Lab, and others advancing structural and policy solutions to global fashion pollution.
OR Foundation
Slow Factory
Aftermath Learning Lab
3. Dispose Responsibly
Swap clothing with friends and family to extend its lifespan, downcycle, or use Trashie, which recycles responsibly.
Go to Trashie's Website
Textile Waste Facts
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A 20-minute online course about global textile pollution and what we can do about it
Start Course
Last updated on May 7, 2026
This Resource Was Created through a Collaboration Between...
Aftermath Learning Lab
Make Fashion Clean (MFC)
Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation
Next Page
Textile Waste Fact #1
Next Page
View the Reference
Textile Waste Fact #2
Next Page
View the Reference
Textile Waste Fact #3
Next Page
View the Reference
Textile Waste Fact #4
Next Page
View the Reference
Textile Waste Fact #5
Next Page
View the Reference
Textile Waste Fact #6
Next Page
View the Reference
Learn About the Social and Environmental Impacts of Global Textile Pollution through this Eight-Minute Video
Next Page
The above video shares highlights from a panel discussion between Matilda Lartey, fashion designer, environmental educator, and founder of the Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation, and Stacey Johnson, a board member for Make Fashion Clean (MFC).
Textile Waste Fact #7
Next Page
View the Reference
Textile Waste Fact #8
Next Page
View the Reference
Textile Waste Fact #9
Next Page
View the Reference
Five Ways to Take Action to Combat Textile Waste
Action #1
Next Page
Five Ways to Take Action to Combat Textile Waste
Action #2
Next Page
Five Ways to Take Action to Combat Textile Waste
Action #3
Next Page
Five Ways to Take Action to Combat Textile Waste
Action #4
Next Page
Five Ways to Take Action to Combat Textile Waste
Action #5
Next Page
Choose a Resource toContinue Learning Later
Watch a Documentary: Textile Mountain: The Hidden Burden of Our Fashion Waste
Read a Book:Consumed: The Need For Collective Change
Next Page
Choose a Resource toContinue Learning Later
Attend a Conference:LEAPS Annual Textile WasteConference
Read a Paper:Position Paper from Stop Waste Colonialism!
Next Page
You're Almost Finished with Textile Waste Facts!
Now It's Time toComplete Your TextileWaste Action Plan!
Start Your Plan
Note: if you are having a hard time finding the personal action plan section, visit textilewastefacts.info and scroll down past thisinteractive learning widget tothe form underneath it
Click here to return to the start of the Textile Waste Facts course
Aftermath Learning Lab
Aftermath Learning Lab is an environmental health research and art lab whose mission is to reduce global textile waste and other technology-related pollution through interdisciplinary research at the intersection of art, policy, developmental psychology, education, and public health with an environmental justice lens.
Go to Website
Make Fashion Clean (MFC)
MFC is a 501c3 non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce global fashion pollution by upcycling textile waste and educating about pollution.
Go to Website
1. No More New Clothes
Eliminate or reduce purchases of new fashion and commit to Remake's 90-day "No More New Clothes" campaign
Go to the Campaign
Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation
The Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation (MFI Foundation) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization in Greater Accra, Ghana. Our mission is to create inclusive work and job training with fair wages for artisans who have been displaced by the secondhand clothing trade and the global fast fashion industry.
Go to Website
2. Reuse Clothing
Buy used clothing from thrift stores or find brands that make upcycled or recycled fashion via Good on You app.
Go to the App
4. Offset Your Pollution
Offset your global textile pollution by helping to fund the Make Fashion Clean Impact Fund, which upcycles secondhand clothing and textile waste sent to Ghana from the Global North. A contribution of $15 USD upcycles 1 pound of secondhand clothing or textile waste at the Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation.
Contribute to the Fund
5. Advocate for Change
Follow the OR Foundation, Slow Factory, the Aftermath Learning Lab, and others advancing structural and policy solutions to global fashion pollution.
OR Foundation
Slow Factory
Aftermath Learning Lab
3. Dispose Responsibly
Swap clothing with friends and family to extend its lifespan, downcycle, or use Trashie, which recycles responsibly.
Go to Trashie's Website