FASHION’S ENVIRONMENTAL
Impact
IS FASHION THE 3RD LARGEST POLLUTER TO THE ENVIRONMENT?
Yes
ARE MICROFIBRES AND HARMFUL CHEMICALS RELEASED INTO OUR OCEANS FROM TEXTILE WASHING?
Yes
DO CLOTHES MADE FROM POLYESTER TAKE 200 YEARS TO DECOMPOSE?
Yes
DOES IT TAKE 2,700 LITERS OF WATER TO MAKE ONE COTTON T-SHIRT?
Yes
DOES MODERN DAY SLAVERY IN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY EXIST?
Yes
ARE THE PLANET’S NATURAL RESOURCES DIMINISHING?
Yes
IS IT POSSIBLE TO RECYCLE OLD TEXTILE WASTE INTO NEW FABRIC WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY?
Yes
ARE THERE PLANET FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES TO COTTON AND POLYESTER?
Yes
Does the average American throw away nearly 70 pounds of clothes per year?
Yes
Is only around 1% of clothing is reused or recycled, making a huge amount of fashion products end up as waste in landfills or incinerated?
Yes
Are 12.8M tons of clothing estimated to end up in landfills every year?
Yes
Does global textile production emit 1.2 billion tons of greenhouse gases annually (more than international flights and maritime shipping combined)?
Yes
Is the fashion industry responsible for up to 10% of global CO2 emissions, 20% of the world's industrial wastewater, 24% of insecticides, and 11% of pesticides used?
Yes
Is there growing water scarcity? The current usage level of 79 billion cubic meters annually is very concerning, because textile production mostly takes place in areas of freshwater stress.
Yes
Does eliminating synthetic materials used in clothing products help prevent harmful synthetics and microfibers from ending up in our natural environment?
Yes
Do 34% of microplastics found in oceans come from textiles? And, do the majority come from Polyethylene, acrylic, and elastane?
Yes
Does the clothing industry have one of the highest negative impacts on the planet?
Yes
Do clothing production processes such as high water usage, pollution from chemical treatments (used in dying and preparation), and disposal of large amounts of unsold clothing through incineration or landfill deposits (which are hazardous to the environment) destroy our planet?
Yes
SOURCES
Global Fashion Agenda
https://globalfashionagenda.com/ceo-agenda-2020/#
Clean Clothes Campaign
https://cleanclothes.org/fashions-problems/exploitation-of-migrants
GreenPeace International
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/6956/what-are-microfibers-and-why-are-our-clothes-polluting-the-oceans/
Extinction Rebellion
https://rebellion.earth/the-truth/the-emergency/
UN Environment Programme
https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/fashions-tiny-hidden-secret
Evrnu
https://www.evrnu.com/nucycl
Green America
https://www.greenamerica.org/sites/default/files/2019-07/GA_TextilesReport_Final_0.pdf
Blocktexx
https://www.blocktexx.com
Good on You
https://goodonyou.eco/material-guide-polyester-2/
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2019/10/03/why-the-fashion-industry-needs-to-turn-on-to-hemp/#42df4560154a
World Wildlife Fund
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/the-impact-of-a-cotton-t-shirt
Bolt Threads
https://boltthreads.com/technology/microsilk
Goodfair
https://goodfair.com/blogs/nonewthings/did-you-know-that-one-t-shirt-guzzles-over-700-gallons-of-water
Tencel
https://www.tencel.com/sustainability
Know The Chain
https://knowthechain.org/themes/36/
The Business of Fashion
https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/intelligence/how-designers-build-big-businesses-out-of-old-fabric-bode-reformation-raeburn