Fashion industry pollution

We’ve all dropped off a bag of old clothes at our local Goodwill or Salvation Army. But what happens to the mound of goods in these donation piles?

Photo by Naja Bertolt Jensen on UnsplashWater is the basis of life and the backbone of civilization; we consume it, we bathe in it, and we marvel at its bea ...

Water pollution, toxic chemical use and textile waste: fast fashion comes at a huge cost to the environment finds Patsy Perry

We might have our panties in a bunch because Trump doesn’t believe in climate change, but the truth is, those panties are one of the greatest contributors to climate change! From growing textile fibres to moving fabrics around the world, making our clothes sadly fuels this global climate crisis...

The shoot explored the idea of waste and consumption.

Fast fashion and the environment We live in a world of fast fashion, a model that relies on frequent, trend-driven, impulse buying of cheaply manufactured clothing that often ends up in the trash. The fashion industry now accounts for 10% of global pollution and is second only to aviation as the world’s largest industrial polluter. […]

There's plenty to suggest that fast fashion isn't good for us.

Fashion Positive+, whose partnering with #KeringGroup, #StellaMcCartney, #hm and more to reinvent the basic building blocks of #fashion, is celebrating its first anniversary https://recyclinginternational.com/business/reinventing-the-worlds-us-1-4-trillion-fashion-industry/ #SustainableFashion #FashionInnovation

Full of visceral reminders that pollution ravages humans and the environment alike, the new documentary seeks to offer hope nonetheless.