Globally, we produce over 100 billion garments a year. New study uncovers disturbing impact of fashion industry far from the runway — here's what you need to know first appeared on The Cool Down.

A group of Democratic lawmakers announced the first-ever Congressional Slow Fashion Caucus to curb the ever-growing fast fashion epidemic. The founding members of the caucus and other sustainable ...

The pollution introduced by the fast fashion industry results in devastating impacts to both terrestrial and aquatic environments, with harmful effects linked to habitat degradation, proliferation of ...

Here’s what fast fashion brands are doing to be more sustainable, what may be motivating those efforts and how to avoid ...

How fast fashion is impacting the environment 02:29 (CBS DETROIT) - Cheaply made clothing is piling up in landfills, and experts are now alarmed by another way the fast-fashion industry is ...

Water and air pollution are major concerns confronting the fashion industry. Dyeing and finishing processes, for example, are responsible for 20 per cent of global water pollution.

AI is reshaping the efficiency of fast fashion, ... but experts warn it may also perpetuate overconsumption and pollution. ... Shein sent about 900,000 packages to customers by air.

In 2023, the fast-fashion giant Shein was everywhere. Crisscrossing the globe, airplanes ferried small packages of its ultra-cheap clothing from thousands of suppliers to tens of millions of ...

Produced from petrochemicals that contribute to climate change, air and water pollution, ... “Fast fashion definitely is not out of fashion” in China, Lu said.

Textile waste is an urgent global problem, with only 12% recycled worldwide, according to fashion sustainability nonprofit Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Even less — only 1% — are castoff clothes ...