Stitching up the textile loophole in the Basel Convention

https://eia-international.org/wp-content/uploads/NGO-Basel-Textile-Briefing-2026-05-12.pdf

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TEXTILE LEXICON Social Media Toolkit  CONTEXT Almost 70% of global textile production is synthetic/plastic-based. Synthetic textile fibres are produced from fossil fuels, such as oil and natural gas. Like fossil fuels, synthetic textiles have severe environmental impacts across their lifecycl...

DRAPED IN INJUSTICE— UNRAVELLING THE TEXTILE WASTE CRISIS IN AFRICA

https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Draped-in-injustice-Unravelling-the-Textile-Waste-Crisis-in-Africa_Factsheet.pdf

Implementing Circular Textile Systems (EU) by Andrea Vesela, Zero Waste Europe

Also:

• The Hidden Export of Plastic Waste by Nusa Urbancic, Changing Markets Foundation

• Textile Waste in Africa by Merrisa Naidoo, GAIA-Africa

• The Hidden Cost of Fast Fashion in Africa by Hellen Kahaso, Greenpeace-Africa

• Textile Waste in Türkiye by Prof. Sedat Gündoğdu, Cukurova University & Sabancı University

• Textile Waste Trade in Chile by Matías Roa, GAIA-LAC, and Alianza Basuro Cero Chile