The fashion industry produces up to 100 billion garments each year. Each year, approximately 92 million tons of clothing end up in landfills. It is responsible for roughly 10 percent of annual global carbon emissions .
Devansh Sood is the founder and CEO of Fique a clothing wear brand that offers protective Silver Shield-certified tested garments that block out Radio Frequencies (RF) and Electromagnetic Frequencies (EMF) produced from electronic devices, cell towers, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and power lines. The brand was created by the fashion Activist Platform The Elegant Initiative ( #elegantinitiative ) and The Silver Lining Film, promoting the harmful effects of technology, such as everyday devices and electricity sources. Sood points out that often fashion garments contain unsafe levels of toxic chemicals which can harm wellbeing and health.
Toxic chemicals do not wash out, but they can leech out of clothes and be absorbed by your skin, potentially causing health problems. Global Fashion Industry Waste According to Sood: • Up to 100 billion garments are produced by the fashion industry every year. • Each year, as much as 92 million tons of clothing ends up in landfills.
• Only 20 percent of textiles are collected for reuse or recycling globally. As an example, Sood mentions, a CBC investigation revealed that some of the most popular ultra-fast fashion brands on the planet had been selling toxic chemicals to the public, hidden in clothing and accessories. Ultra fast fashi.
