Many of those reading this story have likely contributed to the world of fast fashion. Fast fashion is a harmful practice that big fashion companies employ by mass-producing trendy clothing with cheap materials.
This leads to a lot of those clothes being thrown away, which is damaging to the environment. The amount of textiles, or clothing material, that ends up in U.S. landfills on a yearly basis is equivalent to approximately 81.5 pounds per person per year and around 2,150 pounds per second nation-wide in the U.S.
The video is split up into 5 parts. Each part goes over statistics and real world examples of fast fashion to really put into perspective how it affects us. There is even a segment showing how our group contributes to fast fashion despite our knowledge of it.
