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What are the environmental impacts of buying fast fashion?
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The environmental impacts of buying fast fashion are wide-ranging and extensive. Fast fashion production typically uses synthetic materials that require a great deal of energy to produce and generate significant amounts of greenhouse gases and other pollutants. Additionally, fast fashion production uses large amounts of water, often resulting in water pollution and scarcity in the surrounding area. After being produced, fast fashion garments often travel long distances and generate a lot of waste as they are made, packaged and distributed. Finally, due to their often poor quality, fast fashion garments have a short lifespan and are rarely recycled or reused, creating an immense amount of textile waste, with serious environmental implications.