CLIMATE EMERGENCY
OUR OWN BARGAIN HUNT
We decided to test the second-hand
clothing in local charity shops for
ourselves and sent a volunteer out
to see what she could find. She was
impressed – and ended up buying
more than she expected to. Read
her story at ealingnewsextra.co.uk/
features/bargain-hunt
From the fashion shoot
by Elegance in Ealing for
Around Ealing. Model:
Yolanda Sissing
the project has really caught people’s
imagination on social media.
They took the photos on this page
especially for us, at Gunnersbury
Park. Nica explained: “We wanted
to do this to show that fashion can
be accessible and that everyone can
have a sustainable outlook when it
comes to buying clothes.”
Shopping locally and second-hand
for clothing is not only better for the
environment and supportive of some
really good causes, you can also pick
up some genuinely great clothes at a
fraction of the cost on the high street.
“People might have a preconception
that second-hand clothes mean grubby
or old,” said Nica. “But we are showing
that this is so far from the truth – they
can be stylish and fabulous.”
YOU CAN RECYCLE CLOTHES TOO
As Elegance in Ealing has shown,
donating our older clothes to charity
shops can be a brilliant way of
ensuring nothing is wasted, but there
are other ways to ensure you avoid
a fashion faux pas when it comes
to sustainability.
Textiles can be recycled as part of
your kerbside collections, on your
normal recycling day – just make sure
you put them in a clear, secure bag on
top of your blue bin. Keep the bags dry
and alongside each other and tie any
pairs of shoes together. Recycling left in
black rubbish bags will not be collected.
Alternatively, there are textile
collection bins in each of the
borough’s town centres or you
could take your textile recycling to
the re-use and recycling centres at
Greenford and Acton. Find out more
at www.ealing.gov.uk/recycling
‘NO EXCUSE TO THROW CLOTHES
IN THE RUBBISH BIN’
Councillor Mik Sabiers, cabinet member
for environment and highways said: “The
last thing we want is clothes and textiles
being sent off to landfill when they
could be re-used or recycled. Elegance
in Ealing is showing how easy it is to
shop more sustainably; and, if your old
clothes aren’t suitable for donation then
you can recycle them using the council’s
collection service. There is no excuse to
throw them in the rubbish bin.”
MORE INFO
n For the full feature on
Elegance in Ealing, and
more details on recycling
textiles in the borough,
visit ealingnewsextra.co.uk/
features/fashion
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