The Fashion Industry’s Impact on the Environment When talking about environmental impacts, we think about how fossil fuels are damaging our O-Zone layer. We think about how palm oil production is destroying our forests. We think about how plastic production is harming our oceans and wildlife. These are all very important issues that have been faced in the recent years. Yet, the same can’t be said about the impacts the fashion industry is having on our environment. It has been

As citizens of the 21st century, we are all living in ‘The Plastic Age’. Plastic pollution is such an evident issue that it is now in the fossil record. With eight million tonnes of plastic being dumped into the sea every year, this is not an issue that can be ignored. Plastic pollution is killing and harming marine life and in turn, harming us as micro-plastics are in the air, ocean, and in the food chain. How does fashion fit into this? In order to keep up with new styles a

Fashion has always been a means for people to express themselves. To create and follow popular trends. A mark of popularity and an output for people’s creativity. New technology has produced new ways of shopping which introduces; fast fashion. Manufacturing focused on producing mass quantities of trendy clothes, cheaply made. It has made it easier for people to purchase off the runway dupes for next to nothing prices. With this rising in popularity, what are the negative effe