Mediation: Fast fashion impact

UNIT 5: MEDIATION: FASTSHION IMPACT

Write all your mediation tasks under the line below after having got feedback from the teacher. Use the draft to make all the corrections first before writing your final versions here. Including your name is not necessary because I have already got all your writings on paper. So, keep it private if you want… but do not hesitate to share!

The information displayed in the infographics shows the fast fashion impact on ​the environment. High clothing production and consumption are bound to be the main problem because a significant majority of these items are thrown away each year.

Moreover, high water consumption ​and the emission of tonnes of Co2 pose a greater environmental problem than that caused by daily tasks such as showering or driving. __________________________________________________________________

This infographics reveals amazing figures related to some challenges to be faced by the fashion industry. The production (80bm items) is connected with water consumption and compared with a rational use. A pair of jeans equals 285 showers.

95% of the garments thrown away in UK per year ($30bm) could be recycled.

Moreover, unused dresses cover up high-priced space. Finally, the appalling effects caused by greenhouse gas emissions are highly emphasized. __________________________________________________________________ The infographic shows important data about the impact of fashion industry and consumer habits. Although 80 billion clothes are being produced annually, the average American gets rid of £72 of clothes, shoes and household textiles; Britons throw away £30 billion clothes a year and another £30 billion are being hoarded at British women’s wardrobes. Fortunately, almost 100% of the discarded clothing can be recycled. Good news considering that it takes the equivalent of 285 showers to make one pair of jeans, and clothing consumption equals driving 6000 cars per family every year.

__________________________________________________________________ The infographics shows the impact on fast fashion. It is said that 80 billion items of clothing are produced every year in the world. From these, only in the Uk, 30 billion pounds of clothes are thrown out and other 30 billion are bought and never worn.

Environmentally speaking, clothes production requires thousands of litres of water and the emission of 1.5 tonnes of CO2.