WHEN YOU SHOP…

• READ CLOTHING LABELS

Fabric blends can be a menace to recycling efforts. Even 100 per cent polyester is easier to recycle.

• BUY ORGANIC COTTON

Conventionally produced cotton is responsible for 24 per cent of the global sales of insecticide.

• LOOK FOR NATURAL FIBRES,

like ethically farmed alpaca and mohair and organic linen.

• IN TERMS OF SYNTHETIC FIBRES,

try bamboo/viscose, Tencel, recycled polyester (rPet means it came from plastic bottles) and recycled nylon.

• RECYCLE EVERYTHING

Socks, towels and sheets can go to Value Village to be shredded for use by other industries. And all H&M locations allow you to drop off clothing of any brand in any condition for recycling.

• RENT

Dot-com darling Rent the Runway is experimenting with sameday delivery in New York.