Fashion brands are now offering biodegradable stockings that decompose relatively quickly at the end of their lifespans. Photo: AFP
Jeans are often singled out as the most polluting garments in our closets, but stockings also generate mountains of waste, which is devastating for the planet.
It's a problem that the fashion industry is gradually addressing with recycling, returns schemes and, more recently, materials that decompose at their end of lifespan.
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