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"For centuries, clothes were hard to produce and expensive. People wore them as
long as possible. But manufacturing advances have steadily driven down the cost
of production. These days, clothing can be produced very cheaply. In the 1990s,
companies began churning out fast fashion: low cost versions of high end
trends. In the 2010s came ultra fast fashion, where clothes are produced
extremely rapidly and intended to be almost disposable.
Ultra fast fashion is deeply unsustainable. Producing it is energy intensive
and many low quality items go rapidly to landfill.
In response, France is planning to add a A$16 tax to each item of ultra-fast
fashion, require mandatory environmental disclosures and ban advertising and
influencer promotions.
To date, Australia has done little about the problem – even though every
Australian bought an average of 53 new pieces of clothing as of 2023 and we
send 220,000 tonnes of clothes to the dump annually. Responses so far have
focused on voluntary schemes, which have done little to help. Policymakers
should look overseas."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
