Most of the discarded clothing ends up in landfill sites, where it disintegrates and releases carbon dioxide – a known greenhouse gas.
Most of the surplus is sent to Africa, flooding the markets, eliminating the local industry, and finally buried there in the ground.
Small and medium-sized brands have no ability to influence the labor conditions of workers in factories that produce for them, or the production processes at suppliers. It is in the interest of all of us to find solutions to the problem created by the fashion industry.