• The clothing industry is responsible for around 10% of all global greenhouse gas emissions.

• It consumes more energy than the aviation and shipping industries combined.

• 85% of textiles that could be reused or recycled end up in landfills or are incinerated, processes which, in themselves, pollute the planet.

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High visibility workwear needs to maintain its luminosity and reflectivity in order to conform to industry standards and ensure the wearer’s safety in hazardous conditions. This gives it a limited shelf-life, usually to 25 or 50 wash cycles before it needs to be replaced. It is not an industry where one can “mend-and-make-do”.

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In recent years, there has been an attempt to drive down pricing on safety workwear, leading to some manufacturers cutting corners: compromising ethically and environmentally as well as on quality. Leo Workwear introduced the EcoViz®  range as an antidote to this trend. EcoViz®  Workwear is high-quality clothing which minimises its environmental impact.

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