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Temu, Shein: China’s landfills expose the dark side of fast fashion (www.euronews.com)
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Textile waste is an urgent global problem, with only 12 per cent recycled worldwide, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Even less - only 1 per cent - of castoff clothes are recycled into new garments; the majority is used for low value items like insulation or mattress stuffing.

Nowhere is the problem more pressing than in China, the world’s largest textile producer and consumer, where more than 26 million tons of clothes are thrown away every year year, according to government statistics. Most of it ends up in landfills.

And factories like this one are barely making a dent in a country whose clothing industry is dominated by fast fashion  - cheap clothes made from unrecyclable synthetics, not cotton. Produced from petrochemicals that contribute to climate change, air and water pollution, synthetics account for 70 per cent of domestic clothing sales in China.

China's footprint is worldwide: E-commerce juggernaut brands Shein and Temu make the country one of the world’s largest producers of cheap fashion, selling in more than 150 countries.

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[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Remember the 3 Rs: Reduse, Reuse, and Recycle. Mend your clothes when you can

[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I really wish tailoring clothing was easier/more accessible. A lot of my clothes get thrown out when they stop fitting well in certain spots (especially the groin) or when they get small holes.

But why would I spend as much to repair that pair of kind of worn down pants as it would cost to buy a new one?

[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago

This is why sewing should be taught at schools