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Fast Fashion: The Damage It’s Caused and How to Stop It

The Environmental Blog

With this change comes more energy and water consumption, more air and ocean pollution and more carbon emissions. In 2012, they produced 840 million articles of clothing. On top of the industry’s CO2 emissions , it also affects water consumption and air and ocean pollution. These will have an easier time biodegrading.

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The Ocean Cleanup Bags Its First Lot of Trash

Unsustainable

Everyone has heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the damage caused to marine life by plastic pollution in the oceans. Next up, the Interceptor The next stage in cleaning up ocean pollution is to prevent garbage from washing down rivers into the sea.

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What Is Toxic Fast Fashion and How Does It Impact the Environment?

Green Business Bureau

In 2012, Zara reduced the turnaround rate to two weeks, Forever 21 six weeks, and H&M eight weeks. There is a significant amount of waste and pollution related to toxic fashion pre-production. Overall, toxic fashion contributes to 35% or 190,000 tons per year of ocean microplastic pollution. . Pre-Production.

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Sustainable funerals: Part 1 – with Ethical.net

Low Impact

After death, we don’t want our corporeal form to leave a damaging legacy – but, many current practices surrounding both burial and cremation mean people often do leave a negative legacy of environmental pollution behind them for future generations. Allow poisonous substances to enter our ecosystems and pollute the environment.

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What Is Toxic Fast Fashion and How Does It Impact the Environment?

Green Business Bureau

In 2012, Zara reduced the turnaround rate to two weeks, Forever 21 six weeks, and H&M eight weeks. There is a significant amount of waste and pollution related to toxic fashion pre-production. Overall, toxic fashion contributes to 35% or 190,000 tons per year of ocean microplastic pollution. . Pre-Production.

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Why You Should Choose Eco-Friendly Product Packaging For Your Business

Ecotech

of all packaging waste produced from 1994 to 2012 ended up in landfills. Eco-friendly packaging consists of packaging materials that are made from recycled materials, reusable, compostable, biodegradable, recyclable, toxin and allergen free, or those that are manufactured in an environmentally friendly way.

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Taming plastic waste with silica plastic blocks

AGreenLiving

In a bid to curb plastic waste pollution, India-based company Rhino Machines has invented a way of using plastic to make construction blocks. The silica plastic blocks (SPBs) are strong enough to build a house and can be useful in reducing world pollution problems. The plastic waste pollution problem is not limited to India.