Environmental Issues by

( Perry )

caitlingreen06 — 2024-10-28 16:47:47 UTC

“According to a 2021 Changing Markets Foundation report, 68 percent of manufactured fibers produced globally in

2019 were synthetic and made using methods heavily reliant on fossil fuels”

( Perry)

caitlingreen06 — 2024-10-28 16:48:36 UTC

“In 2022 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that just 14.7 percent of consumer textiles were

recycled in the United States in 2018, with most of the rest being sent to incinerators or landfills.”

The Week Magazine

caitlingreen06 — 2024-10-28 16:49:23 UTC

“for every five items produced, three end up in landfills or are incinerated”

The Week Magazine

caitlingreen06 — 2024-10-28 16:49:41 UTC

“One pile of discarded fabrics in the middle of Chile’s Atacama Desert weighs up to 59,000 tons—the equivalent of

two Brooklyn Bridges.”

connection

caitlingreen06 — 2024-10-28 16:59:48 UTC

Both of these quotes focus on the placement of these discarded items, which is landfills and how that leads to a increase in carbonemmisoims

connection

caitlingreen06 — 2024-10-28 17:05:59 UTC

These quotes are connected because one explains the cause and the other explains the effect.

The Week Magazine

caitlingreen06 — 2024-10-29 00:19:48 UTC

“According to its own reporting, Shein’s carbon emissions have nearly tripled in the last three years, hitting 18 million tons in 2023—the equivalent of four coal-fired power plants.”

(Bailey)

caitlingreen06 — 2024-10-29 00:20:44 UTC

“The fashion industry is the second most polluting industry, contributing 8% of all carbon emissions and 20% of all global wastewater, with an anticipated 50% increase in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.”

connection

caitlingreen06 — 2024-10-29 00:22:14 UTC

both of these quotes discuss the harmful emissions that come from fast fashion and the high increase they will have