Env. Club | Facts on Fast Fashion/2nd Hand Shopping by Karla Rodriguez https://padlet.com/1026256303/sxxtupk2f64kb95j Find 3-5 facts & share here! en-us 2022-02-03 15:39:39 UTC 2025-10-25 20:45:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f30e.png 1026255848 https://padlet.com/1026256303/sxxtupk2f64kb95j/wish/2028354688 Australians are the world's second-largest consumers of fashion, consuming 27 kgs of textile every year]]> 2022-02-03 20:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/1026256303/sxxtupk2f64kb95j/wish/2028354688 Fast Fashion Facts https://padlet.com/1026256303/sxxtupk2f64kb95j/wish/2028356151 - it’s unethical because people are working in Victorian era factory conditions
- Fast fashion led to the societal devaluation of labor that goes into making clothes
- Textile factories allowed water dyes to be emitted into the citarum river which is extremely bad for the environment]]> 2022-02-03 20:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/1026256303/sxxtupk2f64kb95j/wish/2028356151 Fast Fashion Fact https://padlet.com/1026256303/sxxtupk2f64kb95j/wish/2053999779 Clothing thrown out instead of recycled estimates about 500 billion dollars every year.]]> 2022-02-17 20:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/1026256303/sxxtupk2f64kb95j/wish/2053999779 fast fashion facts 1026258333 https://padlet.com/1026256303/sxxtupk2f64kb95j/wish/2054003342 -"Clothing production is the third biggest manufacturing industry after the automotive and technology industries. Textile production contributes more to climate change than international aviation and shipping combined” (House of Common Environmental Audit Committee, 2019)
-“More than $500 billion of value is lost every year due to clothing underutilization and the lack of recycling” (Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2017)
-“Fast fashion brands use open-loop production cycles that pollute water and land” (The New York Times, 2019)
-“The fashion industry is responsible for 8% of carbon emissions” (UN Environment, 2019)
-“The average American throws away around 81 pounds of clothing yearly” (Saturday Evening Post, 2018)
-“Less than 11% of brands are implementing recycling strategies for their items” (Peppermint Magazine, 2019)
-“It is estimated that around the world, about 107 billion units of apparel and 14.5 billion pairs of shoes were purchased in 2016” – (Common Objective, 2018)]]> 2022-02-17 20:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/1026256303/sxxtupk2f64kb95j/wish/2054003342