This came in on my CBC morning brief and answers a question that come up in thought at different times. What is the impact of the changing fashions and sudden fads in clothing?
"Your clothes aren't a good look for the planet. A study in the journal Nature Climate Change says fast fashion — inexpensive, trendy clothes that copy the latest catwalk designs — has caused a spike in clothing consumption and waste over the last two decades. The consultancy McKinsey reports that consumers, on average, are buying 60 per cent more clothing textiles compared to 2000, but keeping clothes for only half as long. Textile production primarily uses non-renewable resources, and it's common for fast fashion textiles to be made from blends of different fabrics, which makes recycling garments more difficult. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation reports that, in 2015, the fashion industry produced 1.2 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases".
Well, I do contribute a little to this but mostly, I keep my clothes for years with classic styles and ignore fashion trends. Most are of cotton but there is mixture of polyester and rayon in some, I do confess. Food for thought anyway.