{"id":3016,"date":"2022-04-04T14:51:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T12:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/opinions\/?p=3016"},"modified":"2023-04-24T14:48:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T12:48:14","slug":"make-fast-fashion-industry-go-circular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/opinions\/make-fast-fashion-industry-go-circular\/","title":{"rendered":"10 years after the Rana Plaza disaster: Why we need to make the fast fashion industry go circular now"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How do your new socks get holes two weeks after you buy them? Do you hesitate to wear your favourite skinny jeans because they\u2019re \u201cout of fashion\u201d again? Or have you ever wondered how a t-shirt can only cost 1\u20ac in the summer sale?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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This is fast fashion – and it\u2019s a growing problem for people and the planet. We believe that it is time for a fashion revolution!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Fast fashion exploits cheap labour and our natural resources. \u00a0Read here how the European Commission plans to fix this with the EU textile strategy, what we can improve about the proposal and what we can do to make the fashion industry part of the circular economy.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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The ultra-fast fashion world – it\u2019s time for a fashion revolution<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>
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New in for autumn! Shop our Spring-Summer collection now. New year, new wardrobe, new you!<\/em> Blink – and you\u2019ll miss them. The speed with which fast fashion brands produce, sell and throw away clothes is truly breathtaking. Fashion Weeks in London, Paris, New York and Milan boast a new range of designs every year. These events fuel the demand for our clothing to be \u201cbang on trend\u201d season after season. Textiles are being designed, produced and sold faster than ever before.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The scale of this fashion frenzy shook the world 10 years ago in 2013, with the collapse of the Rana Plaza<\/a> garment factory in Bangladesh. Over a thousand garment workers, the majority women, died in the biggest garment factory disaster in history. We still feel the effects of the Rana Plaza tragedy<\/a> nearly a decade later. The factory produced clothing for the likes of Prada, Gucci and Versace – some of the most famous fast fashion brands. Yet the workers were earning less than 100$ a month.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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As a reaction to Rana Plaza, a movement for a fashion revolution<\/a> has sprung up in more than 100 countries all over the world. Among their demands is greater transparency and responsibility of fashion companies for their workers and the environment. During the month of April, they remember the victims of the collapse of Rana Plaza and ask fast fashion brands: \u201cwho made my clothes<\/em>?\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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MEP Alice Bah Kuhnke at this year’s Elle Gala Sweden, in a dress made out of ripped old jeans:<\/p>\n<\/div>

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