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The True Cost Of Clothes: Sustainability Issues In The Fashion Industry, Grace Costa
The True Cost Of Clothes: Sustainability Issues In The Fashion Industry, Grace Costa
Student Theses 2015-Present
Fashion is one of the most environmentally harmful industries on the planet. From greenhouse gas emissions to toxic chemicals in water supplies, the price that the planet, and vulnerable populations, must pay in the production of the clothing we wear each day is not cheap. This paper discusses the role that the fashion industry plays in environmental degradation today, as well as strategies that can be employed within the industry to make it more sustainable. Chapter 1 provides an overview of and through quantitative data on why and how the manufacturing and sale of clothing is environmentally harmful. Chapter 2 …