Africa: Fast Fashion Fuelling Global Waste Crisis, UN Chief Warns

Pakistan calls for 'zero

Pakistan has called for a multilateral approach approach to achieve the goal of a 'zero-waste' world, as the UN chief warned that "toxin-filled waste is seeping into our soil, our water, and our air." Pakistani and global perspectives on the key subject figured at a meeting held in UN General Assembly hall at the UN headquarters in New York to mark International Day of Zero Waste. Speaking on the occasion, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, permane…

Africa: Fast Fashion Fuelling Global Waste Crisis, UN Chief Warns

Fast fashion is accelerating an environmental catastrophe, with the equivalent of one garbage truck's worth of clothing either incinerated or sent to landfill every second, the UN chief warned on Thursday.

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The Europeans buy as many clothes as never before. It looks similar in Switzerland. The facts.

On average, every EU citizen buys eight kilograms of clothing and four kilograms of shoes per year. This puts a strain on the climate, the European Environment Agency demands more durable products and better recycling.

People in the European Union have bought as much clothing, shoes and other textiles in 2022 as never before.