Recycling fashion: The town turning waste into clothes- BBC News

16 dec 2020

Fashion is one of the most polluting industries in the world. But a small town in Italy called Prato has built its fortune on transforming old scraps into new clothes, particularly knitwear and wool.

Could Prato represent a model for sustainable fashion?

  • Reporter: Sofia Bettiza
  • Editor: Sofia Bettiza
  • Filmed by: Paolo Patruno

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