H&M and Waste Colonialism: Polluting the World with ???Dead White Men???s Clothes???

The fashion industry is responsible for 10% of global carbon emissions. This is more than all international flights and shipping combined. Yet, year after year, leading fast fashion chains fail to acknowledge and take responsibility for these statistics. H&M is currently the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer and one of many companies in the industry that are trying to curb their carbon footprint. The “Let’s close the loop” initiative is an attempt by H&M to prevent clothes from ending up in landfills by encouraging consumers to hand in their old garments to their recycling boxes. H&M then promises to reuse or recycle all garments. However, recent investigations have revealed a contrasting and quite shocking reality…

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