Since 2014, LENA Amsterdam has become a fashion library in response to clothes waste and pollution in the fashion industry. It is known as the world’s only physical center where new and used clothing can be rented. Ikram Cikir, an NGO campaign manager, reveals, “this is an excellent way to wear new clothes without depleting the planet. Elisa Jansen started LENA Fashion Library with her two sisters and a friend. The motivation was the fact that fashion is responsible for one-quarter of the world’s polluted waters and a third of microplastic discharges into the ocean. Since 2014, LENA has lent … Continue reading LENA Amsterdam’s Sustainable Shift: Rent Your Next Outfit and Save the Planet