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Fast fashion is bad for the environment

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The fast fashion chain is directly linked to environmental pollution due to the use of material and immediate disposal. The extensive resource extraction is also a definitive issue. A huge issue with fast fashion is the massive use of water and the waste water that particularly is used with the making of textiles. The industry produces 92 million tonnes of waste a year. And beyond just waste water, the industry also has a huge impact on CO2 emissions. 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-020-0039-9

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It is true that fast fashion is bad for the environment. A primary source that I found was an article the explained and broke down the numbers of how fast fashion is hurting the environment: Rethinking Fast Fashion: The Environmental Cost of Cheap Clothes - Frost & Sullivan Institute This supports the original claim about fast fashion being bad for the environment.  Another source was a government website: Fast Fashion—Great for Your Wallet, Costly for the Planet | U.S. GAO. This even further supports the claim because government websites are considered to be one of the most reliable.
 

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After lots of research, this claim seems to be fully true. Producing fast fashion clothing requires large amounts of water, energy, and chemicals, and many of these clothes end up in landfills after only a few wears. Evidence supporting this claim includes research showing that the fashion industry is one of the world’s largest polluters, contributing significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and water contamination from dyes and synthetic fibers. Fast fashion also relies heavily on synthetic materials like polyester, which shed microplastics into waterways. The overall fast fashion system prioritizes speed and low cost over environmental sustainability, reinforcing the claim that it has a harmful environmental impact.

https://www.economicsobservatory.com/how-does-fast-fashion-affect-the-environment

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6307129/

https://sustain.ucla.edu/2024/02/16/the-fast-fashion-epidemic/

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