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Fast fashion problems and 4 reasons it will never be green. (www.greenpeace.org)
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Fast fashion brands flood the market with cheap, trendy clothing at an unsustainable rate, creating enormous environmental and social harm. Despite their attempts at greenwashing (especially those involving the use of sustainability labels covering environmental or social aspects), their business model is fundamentally incompatible with true sustainability.

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[-] PeripheralGhost@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Not to mention the microplastics shed from these cheap synthetic fabrics, making their way into the water system and ending up in our drinking water.

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