incend-ium: Issues with fast fashion include : • landfill waste • water pollution •

incend-ium:

Issues with fast fashion include :
• landfill waste
• water pollution
• harmful pesticides
• workers rights violations
• microplastics

Fast fashion has a HUGE environmental cost. In the UK 300,000 tonnes of clothing gets sent to landfill EVERY year. The pesticides used to grow inorganic cotton have been proven to be carcinogenic, dangerous chemical dyes pollute the waterways and the biggest source of microplastic pollution is from synthetic clothing.

Many fast fashion brands, including H&M and Zara have been found to pay their workers less than the global living wage, keeping them in a form of wage slavery and essentially trapping them in poverty.

This year, I am saying #notofastfashion! ❌ I promised myself that I will only buy from second hand, so check out my first purchase from a charity shop! These boots cost are vegan, only cost £3 and had no impact on the environment whatsoever.
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