Could you
give up fast fashion?
Lots of people are planning to buy no new
clothes this year, favouring second-hand or making do with what they already
have. However, sales at online fast fashion sites, trade is going well. Could
you give up buying new clothes for a year? Would you do it over concerns with
the environment? Georgina and Neil discuss this fashion and environment and
teach you some useful items of vocabulary.
Listen to the
programme to find out the answer.
Do you know how many
items of clothing were sent to landfill in the UK in 2017? Was it…
a) 23 million items
b) 234 million items
c) 2.3 billion items
Vocabulary
pledging publicly promising to do something (you can
make a pledge to do something)
outsourced given to another company to do, often because
that company has the skills to do it or it can be done cheaper
undercuts if a company undercuts another, it charges less
to do a job than its competitor
stems from (something) caused by or a result of something
illogical unreasonable - not sensible, more driven by
emotions than practical reason
backlash strong negative reaction to what is happening
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