Fast Fashion Basics
Rapid design, production, and marketing of cheap clothing
What is fast fashion?
A pair of jeans requires how many gallons of water for production
What is 2,000 gallons
Contamination in water systems with toxic dyes, heavy metals, and synthetic microplastics
What is water pollution
Synthetic fibers such as polyester, nylon, and acrylic
What are microplastics?
The challenge that invites people around the world to make their individual contributions to zero-waste fashion.
What is the #ActNow Fashion Challenge?
Zara, Shein, UNIQLO, and H&M are
What is the largest fast fashion companies?
60% of fast fashion items contain
What is plastic-based fabrics?
Anything made from natural or synthetic fibers that is no longer needed
The synthetic fabrics release tiny strands, microfibers, when clothes go in
What is the washing machine?
The #ActNow challenge was started by
What is the United Nations?
Fast fashion impacts...
What is the environment, garment workers, animals, and, ultimately, consumers’ wallets
The percentage of fashion waste is incinerated in the US
What is 25%
The second-largest consumer of water among industries
What is the fashion industry?
A piece of clothing can release how many fibers in a single wash
What is 700,000
To act more sustainably, you can
What is buying from eco-collections, buying second-hand clothes, and renting clothes?
To replicate the latest fashion trends with low-cost garments
What is the strategy of fast fashion
Percentage of clothing items ending up in landfills within a year
What is 60%
A cotton shirt requires how many gallons of water for production
What is 700 gallons
The percentage of ocean plastic pollution from microplastics
What is 30%
342 million barrels of oil every year are used for
What is synthetic materials?
The fast fashion market is worth
What is $40 billion
___has grown by 400% over the past 20 years
What is global fashion consumption?
The amount of tons of textiles that go into landfills
What is 11 million tons
The percentage of microplastics found in the ocean from laundering clothing
What is 35%
Textile manufacturing emissions are expected to skyrocket to __% by 2030