The volume of garments being made is rising faster than we can wear them – literally – with two tonnes of clothes purchased every minute in the UK and 11 million garments ending up in landfill every week.
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First it stopped the sales of disposable plastic water bottles, now Selfridges has announced plans to remove all single-use plastic bottles containing carbonated drinks from its stores. The world-famous department store has not sold single-use water bottles for almost two years and said the latest move aims to further encourage customers to end their use of throwaway plastic and switch to aluminium cans or glass.
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