Through capitalism

Our runaway capitalism makes us live in a disposable society. And more and more people are joining and consuming more and more. Because we want to own beautiful clothes. And a lot! A towering waste mountain is caused by our buying lust. But it doesn't bother most, because hunting bargains is in our blood.

Video: Unworn Clothing; Duration: 605 minutes

Fast fashion

The clothing industry has the crown in pollution and waste. We would walk in the same outfit more often if our clothes were valued. And if we are willing to pay the actual cost. If we ensure that the entire production line gets a fair wage, less has to be made. A fair price would definitely reduce the clothing waste heap. We fix too little and throw away good stuff too easily. We have no right to dump Africa full of our excess clothing.

Where does our clothes come from?

Video: Who makes our clothes? Duration: 1456 minutes

Who pays the price?

We don't! We dump our waste in third world countries and abuse the low wages there. They pay three double the price for our buying lust and greed ness. The ribald low price that we count down for the items just needs to go up.

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fanny
It is a problem what is happening since many people are not aware of the damage it is doing _
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Loes
@fanny That is why it is a very important topic to pay as much attention to as possible.
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Alberto
The first step to go to a better world is awareness, and others is to use better methods to not end up causing more harm
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Loes
@Alberto You are right about that, awareness of what damage is being done to the environment is the first step.
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Kj
It is true that many people become compulsive buyers and fill every space with things that they often do not use just because of the simple fact that I catch their attention at some point or because of their low cost.
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Loes
@Kj It's high time people start consu-reducing.
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Freli
In itself, it is also something that people have not seen the damage they generate with it, by the way good post
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Loes
@Freli Awareness is the first step towards recognition.
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Niria
There are people who are obsessive about shopping and they have those closeps crammed with clothing just because they buy deals, in the end, with time the clothes become very fragile and break.
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Loes
@Niria The fast fashion has been completely beaten, Niria
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Rosita&Charlene-Blogs-Creaties
it is indeed a very good problem, more people were going to become aware of it, that would help, then.
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Loes
@Rosita&Charlene-Blogs-Creaties A “normal” price could work on buying behavior. And can benefit the workers.
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roxana_ac
Yes, it's true, it is creating a problem with the pollution. I also saw a documentary about this in YouTube, thousands and thousands of clothes are thrown away every year, people don't recycle.
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Loes
@roxana_ac Even if we recycle everything, it's just TOO much.
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Dewaputra
What you're talking about here is definitely a problem. It's good to make people (more) aware of this. Good blog.
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Loes
@Dewaputra We can't keep pointing at the producers. We all have to take action individually as well.
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