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Textile Waste Facts

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Created on May 8, 2026

A 20-minute online course about global textile pollution and what we can do about it created through a collaboration between the Aftermath Learning Lab, Make Fashion Clean (MFC), and the Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation in Ghana.

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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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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).

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Five Ways to Take Action to Combat Textile Waste

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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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Attend a Conference:LEAPS Annual Textile WasteConference

Read a Paper:Position Paper from Stop Waste Colonialism!

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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.

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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.

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1. No More New Clothes

Eliminate or reduce purchases of new fashion and commit to Remake's 90-day "No More New Clothes" campaign

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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.

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2. Reuse Clothing

Buy used clothing from thrift stores or find brands that make upcycled or recycled fashion via Good on You app.

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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