Fashion industry and alarming situation of textile wastage
The fashion industry and alarming situation of textile wastage The fashion industry grows and grows. More and more items of clothing are produced and thrown away again. Often without ever being worn or even sold in between. Textile manufacturing countries are facing some serious environmental threats as the chemical wastage and industrial wastage becoming a big issue to resolve, Pakistani textile industry has an iconic position globally, people like Pakistani clothing brands and especially Pakistanis settled abroad prefer their cultural wear. #1-The textile industry is extremely bad for the climate The textile industry causes 1.2 billion tons of CO2 equivalents every year. That is more than air or sea traffic. 60% of this production goes into the manufacture of clothing. According to some estimates, that's 5% of global emissions. This is also due to the fact that clothes are often made where people are poor, working conditions are poor and production is therefore cheap - a...