Textile waste landfill

The environmental cost of fast fashion. These images, taken by photographer @martinbernetti_photojournalist, show at least 39,000 tons of clothes dumped in Chile's Atacama Desert. The items are largely waste from the fast fashion industry. "These textile scraps come from all over the world and the problem is that the clothes are not biodegradable and contain chemicals, so they are not accepted in municipal landfills." According to the World Economic Forum, the fashion industry produces 10%…

Congratulations you have just finished buying the latest dress and are now up to date on the newest trend; however, two weeks later that dress you just bought

BBC Earth tells you all about about where your returned goods end up and what can be done to combat this unnecessary and damaging waste.

Textiles aren't just a fashion statement, they also talk about our planet's health! 🌎 Learn about the environmental implications of textile waste. Each thread counts in our collective struggle to mend the world. Let's reduce, reuse, and recycle fashion! 👕💚 #TextileWaste #EcoFriendlyFashion #SustainableLiving #ReduceReuseRecycle #SaveOurPlanet

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There is too much waste already in our landfills. This is why we need to put an end to fast fashion Sustainable Fashion // Sustainable Fashion Aesthetic // Slow Fashion // Sustainability #environment #sustainable #sustainablefashion

On average Australians are sending 31 kilograms per person, every year to landfill. And what makes this worse is that in most cases it's landfills in a 3rd world county like Ghana. Textile waste will continue to be a problem until we as a society take action. On Monday we introduce our Fundraising with Purpose program to Montmorency Secondary College. Our program has been designed to engage our youth to start thinking, take action, and being more purposeful in their approach to fashion.

Used or surplus clothing from Western countries often ends up in Africa. Whether that’s good remains open to question.

Your wardrobe doesn’t belong in the waste stream. Declutter responsibly at Savers®.

Once upon a time, there were two fashion seasons a year—spring/summer and autumn/winter; now fashion changes every week, thanks to fast fashion stores that keep churning out affordable apparel and bring catwalk styles to the public in a matter of weeks. Many of us are happy to pick up a HK$49.90 top, wear it once, and forget about it, but do we ever pause to think about what prices we are actually paying for fast fashion? Today’s Treasure, Tomorrow’s Trash The fashion industry by…

You may think you’re keeping old outfits out of the landfill when you donate them, but that’s not necessarily true.

More retailers are collecting used clothing to resell, repair or recycle. But they’re also collecting and distributing more waste to countries who say the secondhand trade market is untenable.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation estimates that around a truckload of textile waste goes into open landfill or is incinerated every second. What little lifestyle changes make we all make to help counteract this? 1) Buy less. 2) Wear your items for longer. 3) Swap clothing. 4) Mend your clothing. 5) Upcycle clothing. 6) Buy second hand. #knotwaste #RepairReuseUpcycle #MendYourFuture #Sustainability #ethicalfashion #ecofashion #slowfashion #Slowdown #ChooseConsciously #MindfulFashion

Surveys found that the average American will throw away 81 pounds of clothing annually. This means that 26 billion pounds of textile waste is added to landfills each year. We're constantly striving toward a more sustainable approach and we're thrilled to be partnering with @thenewdenimproject to source our apparel textile from pre consumer denim waste. The scraps you're seeing at our founder @carlyburson's feet is where it all begins. Restoring and rejuvenating through fashion.

Fast Fashion’s Graveyard A documentary film by Ian Berry - COMING SOON - Artist Ian Berry makes a documentary about the clothes waste in the Atacama Desert in Chile named Fast Fashion’s Graveyard -&

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