{"id":223481,"date":"2022-11-21T12:01:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=223481"},"modified":"2022-11-08T09:56:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T09:56:01","slug":"dealing-with-fashion-industry-plastic-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/11\/dealing-with-fashion-industry-plastic-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with Fashion Industry Plastic Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>4 Nov 2022 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Repair Model That Could Save the Fashion Industry&#8217;s Environmental Impact<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The apparel industry is churning out new designs so quickly that their inventory can almost be considered single-use plastic. In the outdoor world, most clothing designed for camping, hiking, and other rugged conditions uses nylon and polyester, fibers made from plastic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enter Repair Lair:<\/strong> a Minneapolis-based shop repairing and selling second-hand outdoor clothing and gear, extending its lifetime. Repair Lair is one of many companies transforming the apparel industry, leading the way with a revolutionary business model to keep our clothes out of landfills.<\/p>\n<p><em>Is there a plastic solution in your community that you&#8217;d like us to profile? Drop us a comment below, <strong>Join the Conversation<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RV7dWW_Yu-g<br \/>\n<em><strong>The Story of Stuff Project is a nonprofit organization<\/strong> working to transform the way we make, use, and throw away Stuff so that it is better for people and the planet.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 Nov 2022 &#8211; The Repair Model That Could Save the Fashion Industry&#8217;s Environmental Impact<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[1119,380],"class_list":["post-223481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-short-video-clips","tag-plastic-pollution","tag-solutions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}