Tesco’s recycled clothing is not so eco-friendly

• Mar. 8 by Natalie Eccleshall (0)

Tesco’s future ‘recycled clothing collection’ may not be as eco-friendly as it appears.

The range will only be distributed online from a ‘green’ factory in Sri Lanka and therefore will entail a lot of carbon footprints.

The supermarket chain announced last week that they will release the collection as part of their campaign to be more ethical.

A representative of Birmingham’s Ladywood outlet of the superstore Maria confirmed this:

“I’m afraid we’re not going to be stocking that particular range as I have spoken to our clothing department and apparently it’s only going to be sold online for the time being.”

It begs the question of whether the environmental costs outweight the benefits of this ‘green’ range.

Tesco employee Victoria Sleigh offers some insight into whether or not it will have an adverse effect:

“Although distribution methods mean that it will cause some harmful effects to the environment, it is only a short-term process, until the range becomes popular (or not) and then decisions will be made to include the range in trial stores to begin with.”

Although the benefits for Tesco are obvious, sceptics are already doubting the range’s lifespan, as its partner fashion pieoneers From Somwhere comes from a fashion platform which isn’t doing particularly well at the moment.

And while sceptics may frown at the collaboration, Orsola (From Somewhere) argues that:

“Anything that gets ethical fashion into the mainstream can only help.”