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Study shows fast fashion’s detrimental effects on the planet

By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer Fast fashion has taken over the world. With the rise of social media platforms like TikTok, trends come in and fade out quickly, encouraging individuals to buy cheap clothing to wear for short periods of time. Fast fashion is a product of the clothing industry’s shift in the last 30 years where clothing has become cheaper and more accessible. This is because the fashion industry has prioritized rapidly producing high volumes of clothes for extremely cheap, by exploiting the labour of workers.   Fast fashion pollutes the Earth with fossil fuels and microfibers that are shed…

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