Environmental Impacts of Fast Fashion

Abstract

In recent years, the environmental impacts of the Fashion industry have become widespread and significant. Because the fashion industry faces increasing global scrutiny over its polluting supply chain operations. However, despite the widely publicized environmental impacts, the industry continues to grow, due in part to the rise of fast fashion, which relies on cheap production, frequent consumption, and short-lived clothing. The fashion industry is criticized for its limited consideration of social and environmental issues and for bringing the non-financial costs of fashion to the global public's agenda. Fast fashion refers to mass-produced clothing in a short period of time to take advantage of current fashion trends. This often requires the use of cheap, synthetic materials that lack durability to keep prices low, so the items are often not worn very often or stored for very long and, as a result, are often thrown into landfills. The fast fashion market also uses a lot of water and produces a lot of waste. In a year, the industry uses 80 billion cubic meters of fresh water and produces large amounts of wastewater containing copper, lead, mercury and dye chemicals. This toxic wastewater is then discharged directly into streams and rivers. It eventually seeps into the soil, negatively affecting soil fertility and contaminating potable groundwater. If this carcinogenic toxic water is consumed, it can cause many health problems to the surrounding communities.

Keywords

• Fast Fashion
• Environment
• Textile
• Climate Change

Hızlı Modanın Çevresel Etkileri

Abstract

Son yıllarda Moda endüstrisinin çevresel etkileri yaygın ve önemli hale gelmiştir. Çünkü moda endüstrisi, çevreyi kirleten tedarik zinciri operasyonlarına yönelik artan küresel incelemeyle karşı karşıyadır. Bununla birlikte, geniş çapta duyurulan çevresel etkilere rağmen kısmen ucuz üretime, sık tüketime ve kısa ömürlü giysi kullanımına dayanan hızlı modanın yükselişi nedeniyle sektör büyümeye devam etmektedir. Bu yüzden moda endüstrisi sosyal ve çevresel konuları sınırlı bir şekilde dikkate alması ve modanın finansal olmayan maliyetlerini küresel kamuoyunun gündemine taşıması nedeniyle eleştirilmektedir. Hızlı moda, mevcut moda trendlerinden yararlanmak için kısa sürede seri üretilen kıyafetleri ifade eder. Bu genellikle fiyatları düşük tutmak için dayanıklılıktan yoksun ucuz, sentetik malzemelerin kullanılmasını gerektirir, dolayısıyla ürünler genellikle çok sık giyilmez veya çok uzun süre saklanmaz ve sonuçta genellikle çöplüklere atılır. Hızlı moda pazarı da çok fazla su kullanıyor ve çok fazla atık üretiyor. Bir yılda endüstri 80 milyar metreküp tatlı su kullanıyor ve bakır, kurşun, cıva ve boya kimyasalları içeren büyük miktarda atık su üretiyor. Bu zehirli atık su daha sonra doğrudan akarsulara ve nehirlere boşaltılıyor. Sonunda toprağa sızarak toprak verimliliğini olumsuz etkiler ve içilebilir yeraltı suyunu kirletir. Bu kanserojen zehirli su tüketildiği takdirde çevredeki toplulukların birçok sağlık sorunu yaşamasına neden olabilir.

Keywords

• Hızlı Moda
• Çevre
• Tekstil
• İklim Değişikliği

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