What is Fast Fashion? Environmental Impact and Issues

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HOW IS FAST FASHION AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
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Fast fashions the process of clothes moving from
runways to consumers closet. And also to the
dustbin at the speed of light
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In the last 2 decades, the amount of apparel
purchased by consumers has multiplied by 5 times.
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Air pollutions caused due to the by-product of
CO2 emission from transportation and the use of
large machinery.
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The clothing thats disposed into the junkyard is
at times made from synthetic fabric which doesnt
degrade well.
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Child labor is common in such chains. Countries
like Indonesia, Bangladesh, Turkey, Argentina,
India, Vietnam, China etc, were found using child
labor.
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The number of litres of drinking water a person
consumes in 2.5 years i.e. approximately 3,000
litres is used to manufacture 1 cotton shirt.
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Workers are prone to average to poor dangerous
working atmosphere with long working hours and
are paid less.
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Workers need to be paid thrice more than what
theyre paid just to meet their basic needs and
survival necessities.
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Every minute, 60 garbage trucks of clothes are
burnt or land-filled which stays for as long as 2
centuries.
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Fabrics when washed release close to a million
tonnes of microfibers into the water bodies every
year.
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Dyes are known to be one of the largest water
pollutants.
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The amount of greenhouse gas thats produced to
manufacture one pair of jeans is equivalent to
that needed to drive a car for 80 plus miles.
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In the next 3 decades, the fashion industrys
expected to use up close to a quarter of the
worlds carbon budget.
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Retailers have been using designers designs for
bulk production without their permission. Thus,
violating rules on intellectual property grounds.
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Some of the fast-fashion retailers are Zara, Gap,
HM and Forever 21.