It often seems that there really is always a fashion week happening somewhere, but for the past few years Sweden wasn’t one ...

SSON (meaning son of) plays on typical Swedish surnames, like Kjellsson, which “is a common worker’s name in Sweden, one that doesn’t have a very high status or is considered beautiful,” says the ...

Sweden's recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving ...

Mountains of clothes piling up in Swedish recycling centres are sparking calls for fashion firms to take responsibility for textile waste Sweden's recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after ...

Sweden's recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving ...

Sweden's recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving overwhelmed municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take ...

"In Sweden, an article of clothing is used on average 30 times. If you double this to 60 times -- which seems reasonable -- you reduce the climate impact by half," she said.

That is a huge improvement from before the new law, according to experts, who note that discarded clothing used to be systematically incinerated. However, a lack of infrastructure in Sweden means ...