The development of the fast fashion industry leading to ever-increasing production and consumption of low-quality apparel have a huge negative impact on the environment. People buy more clothes more often and millions of tons of garments end up in landfills all over the world each year.
Some types of garments need more than 50 years to decompose and emit methane gas while doing so, a well-known contributor to global warming.
Toxic substances leach into the soil and groundwater and become environmental hazards for years.