{"id":13520,"date":"2025-05-01T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T09:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=13520"},"modified":"2025-05-01T10:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T09:46:06","slug":"you-sold-it-now-recycle-it-phd-student-wendy-ward-features-in-the-guardian-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/you-sold-it-now-recycle-it-phd-student-wendy-ward-features-in-the-guardian-article\/","title":{"rendered":"You sold it \u2013 now recycle it: PhD student Wendy Ward features in the Guardian article"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u2018You sold it \u2013 now recycle it\u2019: the protesters mailing worn-out clothes to the shops they bought them from<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wendy Ward, PhD student in Art &amp; Design, has featured in an article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2025\/apr\/29\/you-sold-it-now-recycle-it-the-protesters-mailing-worn-out-clothes-to-the-shops-they-bought-them-from\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The article discusses Wendy&#8217;s #TakeItBack campaign and includes photos taken at the St Luke&#8217;s donation centre.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2025\/apr\/29\/you-sold-it-now-recycle-it-the-protesters-mailing-worn-out-clothes-to-the-shops-they-bought-them-from\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<p>Read another Blog post by Wendy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wendy-ward-researcher-blog-a-fashion-for-keeping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photograph: Christopher Thomond\/The Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018You sold it \u2013 now recycle it\u2019: the protesters mailing worn-out clothes to the shops they bought them from &nbsp; Wendy Ward, PhD student in Art &amp; Design, has featured in an article in The Guardian. 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