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title: "Why is fast fashion bad for the environment?"  
description: "A brief explanation of why fast fashion is bad for the environment"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-12-08  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/3482/why-is-fast-fashion-bad-for-the-environment  
category: "fashion and beauty"  
tags: ["fast fashion", "environment", "fashion industry", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why is fast fashion bad for the environment?

![Why is fast fashion bad for the environment](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/98342bff-55ba-49a9-b19a-ab22d7717774/images/a8f017ed-750a-4a72-b9f1-18eafdc4a872.jpeg) ![Why is fast fashion bad for the environment](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/98342bff-55ba-49a9-b19a-ab22d7717774/images/13e0a5db-b64f-419e-b2b5-a6bd85b65151.jpeg) Fast fashion creates negative impacts that are bad for the environment in various ways: ![Why is fast fashion bad for the environment](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/98342bff-55ba-49a9-b19a-ab22d7717774/images/061da865-1437-46cd-911f-de29b4adf6ff.jpeg) It encourages excessive use, resulting in millions of tonnes of clothing ending up in landfills each year, creating enormous greenhouse gas emissions. ![Why is fast fashion bad for the environment](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/98342bff-55ba-49a9-b19a-ab22d7717774/images/f6c95622-ff94-46d3-8091-5b13a9c06158.jpeg) Its clothing contributes to pollution by releasing harmful chemicals, dyes into streams and microplastics into the oceans, endangering marine life. ![Why is fast fashion bad for the environment](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/98342bff-55ba-49a9-b19a-ab22d7717774/images/830ad4bc-1ca3-4405-94d9-0416eb07663d.jpeg) Its manufacture requires a lot of water, energy, and resources, which could lead to water shortages and natural resource depletion. ![Why is fast fashion bad for the environment](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/98342bff-55ba-49a9-b19a-ab22d7717774/images/6142b5b4-75f6-457c-82d3-2027ec7e29b2.jpeg) The fast fashion cycle, from manufacture to disposal, accounts for 10% of global carbon emissions, speeding up climate change.

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