NZ brand aims to tackle textile waste

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 5 July 2021

A New Zealand clothing brand has launched a new project that aims to reduce textile waste. 

Little Yellow Bird is asking people to send them their old clothes to be broken down and made into new fibres.

The company's chief executive, Samantha Jones, tells us how it works!

Shoppers looking at a rail of clothes in a mall (Stock photo).

Photo: 123RF

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