Black Friday: The environmental disaster

By Michelle Cho

As Black Friday nears, we are reminded of the pollution and waste created by the fashion industry. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and its partners are moving the fashion industry towards being more sustainable by creating plans “towards sustainability and circularity in the textile value chain and working on shifting the narrative of the sector”. The article ends by providing the US clothing brand, Patagonia, as an example of a sustainable clothing brand embracing the principles “of a circular economy”.

Article Link: The environmental costs of fast fashion