Natural Materials
A natural material made from plants that is soft and white.
Cotton
Most common artificial material
Polyester
Famous Chinese Fast Fashion Company
Shien or Temu
What actions can elongate the lifetime of clothes
reusing and recycling
How much clothing is not sold and goes directly to landfills?
1/3
A material named after the city of Nimes, France
Denim
A material commonly used in activewear due to its properties
Nylon
Spanish Fast Fashion Company that has been accused in the past of not paying their employees
Zara
What can be done to help facilitate recycling materials properly?
Ensuring that labels are contain accurate information.
How much of greenhouse gasses are supplied by the clothing industry?
10%
Cashmere is found in the mountainous regions of...
China, India, or Mongolia
A material known for its elastic properties
Spandex/Elastane
Swedish Company that failed to pay it's 850,000 garment workers a living wage
H&M
What makes a material easier to recycle?
A single material or an easily recyclable blend.
What country benefits from postal loopholes in order to ship fast fashion cheaper?
China
Silk is made from what bug? What do they consume?
Silkworm; Mulberry Leaves
Made from wood
Rayon or Viscose
American company that's been caught paying Californian garment workers $4 an hour
Forever 21
What big action could be done to get rid of fast fashion
Ban it
Of the 60 million garment workers how many are paid a living wage?
2%
What fabric is known to wrinkle quickly?
Polyester is known to _____ when overheated
Pilling (clumping of polyester material)
A company that makes most of their clothes out of petroleum based products
Lululemon
A french law allows fines on fast fashion items up to ____%
50%
How many pounds of clothing is thrown out on Average by Americans?
100 lbs (plus or minus 10 is fine)