If all the middle and working class folks are shopping at Goodwill, where are the clothes coming from?
Thrift shopping at Goodwill can help combat climate change
Did you know it takes 2,100 gallons of water just to make one pair of jeans? And that it takes 700 gallons of water to make one cotton T-shirt?
According to research by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, textile manufacturing produces more emissions than all international flights and shipping combined and is responsible for more than 20% of wastewater produced globally.
“Hyper-consumerism and fast fashion, you think about the implications that it has on our environment, right?” Libby Castillo, with Goodwill San Antonio said. “Not only, those items are not made very well, but then they go into landfills quicker, but they’re made with a lot of water, a lot of maybe toxic chemicals that end up in our resources.”
More items in the landfills means more greenhouse gases released, which contributes to global warming and climate change.
It’s why thrifting and shopping gently-used doesn’t just save you money, it’s also saving the planet.
The cult elites apparently do not want you buying new clothes. Once they are done with theirs, you’ll be generously allowed to go to Goodwill or other 2nd hand stores to purchase them. Sounds great, eh?
But, I will agree on this a bit: fast fashion is horrible. It is bad for the environment. It is cheaply made clothing designed to mimic high fashion and meant to be disposed of quickly. It won’t last. It’ll be worn a few times and then be disposed of. So, yes, it ends up in landfills and does cause the release of methane, a much more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. I’ve said this many a time that waste needs to be reduced at landfills. The use of fast fashion is terrible, but, has caught on tremendously with younger Millennials and especially GenZ as they use it for all their selfies and videos.
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