When thinking about hurting the Earth it tends to come to the mind that it's only carbon emissions from cars, drilling oil, and polluting the oceans are the only things that hurt the Earth. But no according to my research I found that fast fashion was one of the biggest polluters in the world next to oil. Fast fashion contributes a total of 10% of total global carbon emissions. When it comes to keeping up with the newest clothing trends is it really necessary to buy every piece of clothing that fits the trend currently in play. In a few weeks that trend would be forgotten and you won’t use that ever again because clothing trends barely come back into trend. Next time you see a piece of clothing that is in trend, know that globally we consume around 80 billion new pieces of clothing every year. Also note that we send 85% of the textiles we buy in the landfill annually. In the article it states, “We buy it, wear it once or twice, get sick of it—or realize it’s gone out of fashion—and bin it only to begin the cycle all over again.” With this mindset the resources on Earth will exponentially decrease till the point where there are not any more resources at all to give you those clothing that are in the current trend. A way that you can reduce the amount of textiles that go into the landfill, next time you can either donate it for others in need that need some sort of clothing to stay warm or hand it down to a sibling or friend. In conclusion, when going out to the mall next time try to resist buying that new shirt that looks cool at the moment, if you do this you can actually help save the environment and mother Earth.

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