How Fast Fashion Is Affecting Our Climate?
A look at some of the fast fashion stark facts that will make you recycle and reuse your clothes.
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The fashion industry is responsible for 10% of annual global carbon emissions, more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined. The fashion industry's greenhouse gas emissions will surge more than 50 % by 2030, according to the UNEP and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation findings.
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According to the findings from UNEP and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation which works to accelerate the transition to a circular economy, every year the fashion industry uses 93 billion cubic meters of water - enough to meet the consumption needs of five million people. The report further adds that around 20 per cent of wastewater worldwide is generated from fabric dyeing and treatment.
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UNEP states that it takes 3,781 liters of water to make a pair of jeans, from the production of the cotton to the delivery of the final product to the store. That is equivalent to the emission of around 33.4 kilograms of carbon. That is for just one pair of jeans, imagine the environmental cost for everything in our wardrobes.
