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Fast fashion a top eco hazard after oil

Tons of fast fashion clothes end up in trash bins, incinerators, and landfills. Fast fashion is the second filthiest global industry after oil. Fast-fashion chains pay a high environmental cost by announcing collections that claim to recycle clothes. Nevertheless, only 0.1 per cent of all clothing from charities and programs that recycle clothes is actually recycled.

Natural fibers such as silk, linen, cotton and semi-synthetic fibers have a decomposition process similar to food, yielding methane. However, it's nearly impossible to compost these textiles. Additionally, these fibers go through an array of unnatural processes on their way to becoming a garment. Other fibers such as acrylic, nylon and polyester have a petroleum base. This means it can take them a 100 years to completely decompose.

The problem further intensifies by the speed of trend turnover. Fast-fashion chains, due to their quick and large output, are changing trends speedily to incite sales. This will ultimately lead to recent purchases going out of style sooner than before and so an infinite pile of clothes in the trash.

One way out for fast-fashion chains is close-loop sourcing. In a close-loop technology, a product recycles back into almost the same product. This fundamentally imitates the natural process of life. Nonetheless, commercially scalable, closed-loop textile recycling technology is still five to ten years away.

 
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