Oxfam have teamed up with Marks & Spencer in an innovative clothing exchange scheme. M&S have promised to offer a £5 voucher off your next purchase of £35 or more when you donate your unwanted M&S clothing to Oxfam.
All you have to do is show the M&S label in the store on the clothing you are donating, to receive your free money off voucher. This is part of the Marks and Spencer £200million ‘Plan A’ investment, which is a 5 year environmental scheme to help combat climate change, reduce waste and promote a healthier planet. In the last year M&S have cut their CO2 emissions by 55,000 tonnes and reduced customer carrier bag usage. Having increased their sale of organic food by 48%, they have also removed artificial colouring and flavouring from 99% of all M&S food stocked around the country. They also lead the market in lowering stocking densities for chicken, receiving the RSPCA Award for Animal Welfare. Marks & Spencer are also working alongside the WWF on environmental projects, with a particular focus on agriculture and marine life issues.
In the UK alone we currently throw away over 1 million tonnes of clothing every year, with the majority of the items discarded still of the quality to re sell or recycle. With Oxfam and M&S joining forces on this excellent clothing exchange scheme, hopefully more clothing will be donated to help those less fortunate than ourselves.
