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What is fast fashion?
What is fast fashion?
Fast fashion: inexpensive garments produced rapidly in response to the latest trends, by companies that care more about profit than our planet. For more info about fast fashion, you can visit Scienceworld Scholastic: Fast Fashion Graveyard.
The Fast fashion Stats:
The Fast fashion Stats:
32 Cents
32 Cents
How much an average factory worker in Bangladesh makes an hour.
79 trillion
79 trillion
liters: how much water the fashion industry uses every year
81 Pounds
81 Pounds
The amount of clothing the average American throws away in one year.
2%
2%
Of workers in the fashion industry earn a living wage.
1/5
1/5
Of all clothing produced is never sold. Instead it is thrown away or burned.
10%
10%
Of the world's carbon emissions are attributed to the fashion industry
500+
500+
Workers died between 2006 and 2012 in Bangladesh factory fires.
20%
20%
Of all industry related water pollution is attributed to the fashion industry.
What can you do?
What can you do?
1) MEND!
1) MEND!
You've come to the right place for this! Mending means that you can save a piece of clothing that would otherwise end up in a landfill, while also saving resources by not buying a replacement new. Head to the Mending page to get your clothing mended!
2) Thrift!
2) Thrift!
Thrifting is simply buying clothes secondhand. It goes both ways: You can give clothes you've grown out of instead of throwing them away, and also go and get perfectly wearable garments without using resources that are used in manufacturing new clothes!
3) Make sustainable choices!
3) Make sustainable choices!
Simple: STOP buying fast fashion, and START being responsible by thrifting and using brands that are sustainable. Brands like Shein, Forever 21, H&M, Zara are the worst offenders of fast fashion. You can use the website Good on You to see what brands are more sustainable.
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