TRUTHOUT: Exposing the Dirty Business Behind the Designer Label
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Description
Even before it gets worn once, that new T-shirt you bought is already dirtier than you can imagine. It’s soaked through with toxic waste, factory smog and plastic debris—all of which is likely just a few spin cycles away from an incinerator, or maybe a landfill halfway around the world. Our obsession with style rivals our hunger for oil, making fashion the world’s second-most polluting industry after the oil industry.
Media contributions
| Title | Exposing the Dirty Business Behind the Designer Label |
|---|---|
| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | Truthout |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 19/05/19 |
| Description | Even before it gets worn once, that new T-shirt you bought is already dirtier than you can imagine. It’s soaked through with toxic waste, factory smog and plastic debris—all of which is likely just a few spin cycles away from an incinerator, or maybe a landfill halfway around the world. Our obsession with style rivals our hunger for oil, making fashion the world’s second-most polluting industry after the oil industry. |
| URL | https://staging.truthout.org/articles/exposing-the-dirty-business-behind-the-designer-label/ |
| Persons | Patsy Perry |