What Primary School Children Need To Know About Fast Fashion
(World News UK)

The fashion industry has a major impact on the environment from its carbon footprint to pollution caused by manufacture and environmental damage caused by disposal of clothing in landfill. According to Greenpeace, over two billion pairs of jeans are produced each year with a typical pair taking 7,000 litres of water to produce. It is estimated that around 400billion square meters of textiles are produced each year, of which 60billion square meters will become factory waste. Only a quarter of this clothing is likely to be recycled with the rest being incinerated or going to landfill....