Chile’s Atacama Desert: Where Fast Fashion Goes to Die
Source: https://www.ecowatch.com/
Franklin Zepeda founded EcoFibra to tackle largely-unseen environmental disasters, clothing may take hundreds of years to biodegrade, if at all. The truth, though, is that fast fashion uses an outrageous amount of water - something to the tune of 7500 liters for one pair of jeans, a United Nations news report found. As for climate change, clothing production accounts for 8 to 10% of the world’s carbon emissions more each year, more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined, Insider and the U.N. repod. The solution is instead of changing our wardrobes and styles with the whims and attitudes of fast fashion, experts encourage us to slow down our desire for more.