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Dress the world in wood, UN says in its ‘Forests for Fashion’ initiative

Dress the world in wood, UN says in its ‘Forests for Fashion’ initiative

Jul 17, 2018, at 09:05 am

New York, July 17 (IBNS): The fashion industry is valued upward of 2.5 trillion dollars, and employs some 75 million people globally – so it makes good sense to shift textile production from fossil fuel-based synthetic fibers to renewable, biodegradable textiles, made from wood, according to a new United Nations initiative that aims to make forests literally more fashionable.