FAST FASHION IS DEPLETING OUR ENVIRONMENT
WATER
Producing one cotton t-shirt can require
2000 L
of H2O
COTTON
The fashion industry consumes
40 billion lbs
of cotton each year
WASTE
However...
80%
of textiles go to dumps each year
What is Fast Fashion?
Learn more about fast fashion to understand its impact on our environment and the importance of sustainable fashion choices.
Fast fashion is an enormous, rapidly growing industry, with the number of new garments made per year nearly doubling over the past 20 years and global consumption of fashion increasing by 400%.
Fast fashion has revolutionized the fashion industry at a cost to the environment and human rights.
Harms of the Fast Fashion industry
- Waste occurs at every stage of the garment manufacturing process, harming wildlife, degrading land, and polluting soil and water.
- The fast fashion industry is a significant contributor to the climate crisis, responsible for as much as 10% of global carbon dioxide emissions.
- The fast fashion business model relies on the exploitation of resources and human labor to deliver garments following the latest trends to its consumers at an unprecedented rate.
