Garment industry
Why do many Bangladesh garment workers protest?
Unfair wages and unsafe working conditions
What is the opposite of fast fashion?
slow fashion
Where do most fast fashion clothes end up?
Landfills
What country is the largest producer of fast fashion?
China
What major factory disaster occured in 2013?
Rana plaza collapse
Name ONE Fast fashion brand?
H&M, Shein, Zara, etc.
What clothing material produces 2,700 liters of water?
Cotton
What is another word for "PFAS"
Forever chemicals
What brands that rely on bangladesh garment industry? (has to be metioned in podcast)
Gap, zara, H&M
What is the average amount of times clothes are worn before being thrown out?
7-10 times
Which greenhouse gases are released during clothing production
Carbon dioxide and methane
Cancer, hormone disruption, infertility
How much percent of the garment industry is women?
85%
What decade did fast fashion begin?
1970s
True or false: Fast fashion produces the same amount of carbon emissions as International flights
False
What does synthetic clothing release into the ocean, when we wash them?
Microplastics