FAST FASHION
By: Treana Vickery
Fast fashion is a phrase used in the fashion industry to describe certain types of clothes. These types of clothes are made by companies that try to mimic high fashion brands but sell them for a lower price. Fast fashion clothes have become popular because they are trendy, fast and cheap. However, fast fashion affects the environment tremendously.
Fast fashion produces carbon dioxide when it manufactures and transports clothes. Manufacturing makes clothes by using toxic chemicals and gasses, such as carbon dioxide. These chemicals are burned and then released into the enviornment. Transporting clothes also uses carbon dioxide. Trucks are used to move clothing into shops, this is fueled by fossil fuels. The carbon emissions from fast fashion are released into the atmosphere causing global warming.
700 gallons of water are used to make a simple cotton T-shirt Fast fashion is the second largest pollution industry 2.6 of global water is used for growing cotton
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Fast fashion has affected the environment through climate change. Climate change affects wildlife by causing them to migrate or go extinct because it becomes too hot in their home. Another way fast fashion has affected the environment is by using dyes and oils. The chemicals in both these substances are thrown into oceans, rivers, or streams which then kill the animals.
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