Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has declared to reward the winners of the Extending the Life of Clothes Design Awards (ELC Awards) with a sum of £ 5,000. The ELC Awards is an initiative of SCAP (Sustainable Clothing Action Plan), which aims at improving the clothing and apparel sustainability throughout the supply chain. The competition is envisioned to develop innovative solutions for extending clothing life cycles. The organization predicts that if the active life of clothes is extended by just nine months, it could reduce the carbon, water and waste footprints by 20 to 30 per cent each, and would save resources worth £ 5 billion that are used to supply, launder and dispose apparels.
