You’re hunting through your closet for an outfit, but all of your sweaters are so last season. It’s tempting to toss them and buy new ones. Cheaply made clothing that isn’t made to last—called “fast fashion”—may be easy on your wallet, but it is hard on the environment.
When a fashion trend dies, your outdated clothing will live on. The trashed garment sits in a landfill, where the synthetic material takes hundreds of years to decompose.
You’re hunting through your closet for an outfit. But all of your sweaters are so out of style. It’s tempting to toss them and buy new ones. That where “fast fashion”—inexpensive clothing that isn’t made to last—comes in. These items may be easy on your wallet. But they’re hard on the environment.
When you throw out outdated clothing, it doesn’t just disappear. The discarded garment ends up in a landfill. Many fast fashion items are made of artificial materials. These can take hundreds of years to break down.