Landfill fashion: the fashion industry’s biggest secret
I’ve always enjoyed online shopping and the satisfaction that comes with treating yourself from the comfort of your own home. Not to mention how easy it is to try on your new purchases with several potential outfit choices and send it back if you decide it doesn’t go. But it has only just come to my attention how damaging this 21 st -century-habit is. Getty Images I recently discovered that the majority of returned online orders end up in landfill or being incinerated. Our generation’s urge to have it all and have it now has led to a culture of Fast Fashion which is seeing more people buying cheap, on-trend clothing at a faster rate than ever before. In fact, figures show that between 2000 and 2014 people were buying 60 percent more clothing than they were 15 years ago. It doesn’t take a scientist to work out that the introduction of online shopping has impacted this figure - Americans alone are spending on average $1,800 a year on their favourite online brands. I’ve always t
