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Measuring Fashion's Ecological Footprint
Fashion's ecological footprint is big. Just how big is hard to gauge but this digest of data nails down details on how fashion is damaging the planet - right now and by 2030.
Fashion clearly has an outsized impact on the planet. Industry processes from cultivation of raw materials to fabric and garment manufacturing, related activities such as transport and logistics, and consumer usage from washing to discarding items - all these stages adversely affect the environment.
Quantifying fashion's ecological footprint in a definitive way is difficult as different data sources present different parameters. It is nonetheless a worthwhile task as it gives a sobering pic…
8 June 2018
