The fastfashion industryneeds greater access to recycled textiles to address this problem. But this means having the means to track "thrown-away" garments to collect those suitable for recycling. The industry also needs facilities that are big enough to turn this waste into new materials for clot...
Vocabulary: fashion 词汇:时尚 There's nothing quite like new clothes, is there? The UK certainly loves them. According to a report by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC), the UK consumes five times more clothes today than it did in the 1980s. That's more than any other nation in Eu...
Fast fashion is defined as “an accelerated fashion business model” involving “increased numbers of new fashioncollectionsevery year”, “quick turnarounds” and “lower prices”, according to the EAC. Globalisation means thatattireis made in countries where labour is cheaper. This saving is pass...
Globally, an estimated 92 million tonnes of textile waste is created by the fashion industry each year – to put that into perspective, that means that the equivalent of one truck full of clothes being dumped in a landfill or burnt every second. If the current trend continues...
For all the growth it generates, the fast fashion industry is also responsible for considerable waste. Fast fashion consumers are quick to throw clothes away: some estimates suggest that consumers treat the lowest-priced garments as nearly disposable, discarding them afteronly seven wears. For every...
Textile Waste A significant problem with fast fashion brands is that most items—including unsold deadstock, returns, and those disposed of on the consumer end— areneither recycled nor donated. And even if they are donated (as only15%of clothing is in America), less than20%will find a seco...
根据“Fast fashion (快时尚) brings people cheap and fashionable clothes. This may sound like a good thing, but it is not. That’s because the clothes don’t last and that brings a lot of waste.”可知,快时尚的特点是廉价、时髦和浪费。故选D。 (2)题详解: 词句猜测题。根据“In the US...
It also produces a lot of textile waste. Fast fashion in particular, with its low prices and poor-quality items, encourages consumers to discard an item of clothing even if it has been worn only a few times. The clothing ends up in landfills around the world, including in the so-called...
There is no question that this is a fundamental component to a more sustainable industry. However, I would argue that this is not an antidote. A circular model, within a fast fashion context, addresses the symptoms of the problem –wasteand burgeoningenergyconsumption – rather than the cause ...
Textile waste is an urgent global problem, with only 12% recycled worldwide, according to fashion sustainability nonprofit Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Even less — only 1% — are castoff clothes recycled into new garments; the majority is used for low-value items like in...