The Huffington Post:- the world consumes 80 billion pieces of clothing.
Fashion refers to the styles of dress that are currently popular. Fashion goes beyond just clothes, though. It can extend to shoes, jewellery and even how you style your hair. With constantly changing time the way people admire and look at you has also changed. For many people, fashion is a high priority and is synonymous for beauty, glamour and fame. The speed with fashion is changing is unbelievable. One day we have the flare pants is fashion, the other day it is ripped, the third day we have something different. But do you think that where do the clothes you dispose of go?
In Canada, each household throws away 46 kilograms of textiles per year on average, making up around eight to 12 per cent of municipal landfills. Research collated by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation suggests that global clothing production has doubled in the past 15 years, with garments on average being worn much less and discarded quicker than ever before.

Scientists have also warned that polyester-type materials are adding to the problem of ocean plastic pollution.It is estimated that only 1% of our clothing is ultimately recycled into new garments because of this complexity – instead of becoming items like insulation and cloths, which in turn may end up in a landfill.

“We are producing over 100 billion new garments from new fibres every single year,” says Lucy Siegle, a journalist investigating fashion’s growing environmental footprint. “And the planet cannot sustain that.”Because of the strategic schemes and plans of the fashion industry we have blindly become addicted to low-cost, disposable fashion. Compared to two decades ago, we purchase 400 per cent more clothing per year.
We are so fascinated and tempted with changing trend, peer pressure, need of acceptance, glamour, beauty, one has become blindfolded to the needs of the planet .We all have to change our consumer behaviour and more become responsible consumerism.

Donation is a very sensible and considerate step towards environment safety. Donating even old pairs of socks and inner garments can be passed on at thrift stores and donation bins.