According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the fashion industry creates the equivalent of a rubbish truck’s worth of clothing every second. Overproduction and problematic end-of-life solutions are responsible for this growing problem. The industry accounts for 10% of the world’s carbon emissions and is the second-highest polluter of water and plastics.
This industry produces clothing at breakneck speed in an effort to get the newest trends to the market quickly and at peak demand. Unfortunately, this has turned fashion into one of the world’s greatest polluters. According to the Fashion Revolution report, more than 100 billion garments were produced every year in 2014. This is an enormous amount of clothing. To combat the problem, the industry is committing itself to minimize its carbon footprint. image of waste or fashion related pollution
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the fashion industry contributes 10% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions and uses 1.5 trillion liters of water every year. The PS1 bikini sold by Missguided is a prime example of fast fashion, which is contributing to the problem of water pollution. The clothes we throw away are also major water consumers and many of these materials are discarded in landfills.
