03/02/2021 (Agence Europe) – The fashion industry has become dependent on cheap synthetic fibres, which are made from fossil fuels, says a report by the Changing Markets Foundation released on Wednesday 3 February. Denouncing brands’ “addiction” to petroleum-derived fibres, the report shows that the use of synthetic fibres, particularly polyester, has doubled in textiles over the last 20 years and could reach almost three quarters of total world fibre production by 2030. Together with other foundations and NGOs, the Changing Markets Foundation therefore calls on the European Union to take urgent legislative measures to bring the textile and clothing industry into line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal, while the European Commission plans to present a strategy for sustainable textiles in the third quarter of this year (see EUROPE 12630/15). See the report: https://bit.ly/3azwkUC (DG)