U.K., Feb. 11 -- The impacts of insatiable fast fashion, the revolving of trends with every season, are snowballing into widespread pollution, a waste crisis, and the exploitation of workers. And there are few signs of change.
Written and researched by the Changing Markets Foundation (CMF), 'Fossil Fashion: The Hidden Reliance on Fossil Fuels' outlines how the use of synthetic fibres such as polyester has doubled in textiles over the last 20 years and has become 'dangerously dependant' on synthetic fibres.
Changing Markets Foundation's campaign manager, Urska Trunk, said: "The addiction of fashion brands to cheap polyester and other oil-derived fibres is coming at a time when the world is moving away from fossil fuels. But instead of movi...