The fashion industry is the enemy of the environment. It produces twenty per cent of global waste-water and accounts for ten per cent of global carbon emissions. The dramatic increase in the production and sale of cheap clothes, euphemistically known as “fast fashion,” is putting enormous pressure on the environment. For example, textile dyeing, which involves the use of hazardous chemicals, is the second-largest polluter of clean water globally, after agriculture.
In the years ahead, the environmental damage by the fashion industry is likely to be disastrous for the planet. It is estimated that the fashion industry’s carbon dioxide emissions are projected to increase by more than 60 per cent to nearly 2.8 billion tons per year by 2030.
It takes over 70 million barrels of oil to produce Polyester, the cheapest and the most popular fabric used in “fast fashion.” Also, the production of polyester releases greenhouse gases like N20, which is three hundred times more damaging than carbon dioxide.
When washed, Polyester sheds microfibres that take more than 200 years to decompose. These plastic microfibres account for eighty-five per cent of the human-made material found in the oceans. They endanger marine wildlife and end up in our food supply.
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