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Fashion's Impact on the Planet
Fashion is often branded as the second most polluting industry in the world after the oil and gas sector. Whether this is true is difficult to tell – the lack of supply chain transparency and fashion’s interactions with other major polluting industries both cloud the picture somewhat.
Enough data exists however, to show that fashion is one of the worst polluters on the planet. All stages of the garment-making process can incur serious environmental impacts as can consumer usage – so fashion’s…
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