But the way we design, make and discard clothes has a huge environmental impact.

Analysts talk of a selfie culture, with young people discarding clothes after one outing on social media.

Large quantities of discarded clothes, about 300,000 tonnes a year, are consigned to incinerators or landfill.

The dinghy was full of wet, discarded clothes.

The public salved its conscience by rummaging through cupboards for discarded clothes and toys to donate, and the council was forced to dispose of three football fields' worth of tat.

Discard the shell and vegetables.

Using a slotted spoon, remove the fish and shellfish, discard the shells and transfer to a large plate.

Reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes, then strain and reserve the liquid, discarding the shells.

Drain through a colander set over a bowl and discard the shells - you should be left with about 700ml.

Discard the shells and set the stock aside.

Squeeze all the seeds and juice from the tomatoes by grating the tomato against the bread; discard the skin.

Remove the chicken from the stock and discard the skin.

Peel the sweet potato, discard the skin and mash the flesh in a bowl with a fork.

In recent days he has started to discard that skin.

Drain, remove the core in a pointed plug shape and discard the skin.