THE GROWING TREND OF FAST

FASHION AND ITS IMPACT

We should take a strong stand on the fast-growing trends of fashion as it has been causing strong
impacts on the environment and the people. Nowadays people opt for new cloth to wear just
once then it’s a waste that deliberately affects the environment causing tons of pollution as the
garments are not recycled much faster it’s putting a load on the ecosystem. The production of
cloths produces a large number of chemicals and toxins gases released by textile mills, which are
released in the lakes and rivers as the government does not impose sanctions on them as these
cloth manufacturing companies are not using environment-friendly equipment and chemicals. In
developing countries conditions are deliberate. For example, the Yamuna River in India was
covered with foams due to domestic and industrial waste mainly the chemicals from textile mills
( (tiwari, p. 1)). Garment production consumes a large amount of water as the World is already
facing water scarcity problems, the cotton production requires a large amount of land and water.
In 2013,85 percent of Indians could not have been provided with enough water to satisfy their (e
stal (Stallard))daily needs for a year with the amount of water used to produce Indian cotton
exports (Al-Jazeera, Pragya Tiwari editor, and journal, New Delhi). About 600 liters of water is
required just to make cotton socks (source: Wrap BBC news). The cloth manufacturing
companies are introducing cheap clothes that are easily affordable by increasing the tons of
waste. Most of them use sea transport to supply accessories causing a waste of petroleum. These
textile mills are also responsible for the greenhouse effect. The fashion industry is responsible
for 8-10% of global emissions (Article fast fashion author Esme Stallard, BBC news). The other
aspect I want to state is the increasing demand of people for new clothes, just to become a part of
the trend of fast-growing fashion. Everyone does a competition in this modern world where
everything is fashionable, new clothes, shoes, etc. Fashion is a competition, a desire to fulfill
every one (fast fashion social impacts and how its affects society) in this world. The greater the
demand for these products the greater the manufacturing the greater the load on the environment
the more damage to the environment. Producing cloth produces large amounts of greenhouse
gases and industrial waste responsible for climate change (article fast fashion, BBC news). The
demands of fashion cannot be decreased steadily but manufacturing companies should ensure
that they use biodegradable material but they most of them do not notice this issue, it (Stallard)
(stallard) (Stallard, p. 1) a big problem that must be solved. About 92 million tons of textile
waste is produced annually. (NETWORK, 2022). Most clothes contain harmful chemicals such
as petroleum that are harmful. Another reason for fast fashion is the reduced prices of
accessories. As prices are low you can mean the material is also cheap, not degradable such as
nylon which is not that much easier to be degradable. Synthetic materials such as nylon, and
polyester produces 342 million barrel of oil every year. (stallard, fast fashion). The reason is that
the most cloth is produced and its consumption is greatest that have multiple effects on the world
as discussed. Fast fashion is also creating social problems buying fast fashion has now become a
compulsion, liberty, and need become for them it is enjoyable, and they desire it.