In recent years, fast fashion has invaded our wardrobes: cheap, ultra-trendy clothes, renewed every week... But behind these bargains lies a far less glamorous reality: fast fashion is one of the world's most polluting industries. We explain why 🌍👇
🏭 Mass production with hidden costs
Fast fashion is based on one principle: produce fast, a lot and cheaply. The result:
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Millions of tons of clothing are manufactured every year.
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Raw materials (cotton, polyester...) are over-consumed, often to the detriment of the environment.
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Factories, often located in countries where environmental regulations are weak, cause massive pollution.
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💧 Dramatic overconsumption of water
Textiles are one of the most water-intensive industries:
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Producing a single pair of jeans can require up to 10,000 liters of water.
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Chemical dyes and treatments pollute the water table over the long term.
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🚮 Tons of waste
Fast fashion clothes are often of poor quality: they degrade quickly and end up in the garbage can. Every second, the equivalent of a garbage truckload of textiles is thrown away somewhere in the world 😱.
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🌫️ Huge CO2 emissions
Between production, transport and distribution, fast fashion emits huge quantities of greenhouse gases, actively contributing to global warming.
✊ Get in on the action with United Vintage
Faced with this alarming situation, we urgently need to change our habits. Second-hand is THE simple and effective solution:
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It reduces demand for new production,
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It reduces textile waste,
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And it gives you a unique style.
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