Bella Lohri

English 111

Prof. Jessica Williams

2 November 2023

Annotated Bibliography

Cho, Renee. “Why Fashion Needs to Be More Sustainable.” State of the Planet, Columbia

Climate School, 16 Dec. 2021.

The purpose of this source is to show accessibility to clothing has become so great that clothing
is at the click of a button. Being able to purchase clothing anywhere anytime creates impulsive
purchases. In clothing there are microplastics and when washed these microplastics are left in the
water. This leads them to be led into wastewater plants and these plants can bleed into freshwater
systems polluting waterways. It is said that 35% of microplastics in the ocean originate from the
fashion industry.

Claudio, Luz. “Waste couture: environmental impact of the clothing industry.” Environmental

Health Perspectives vol. 9 September 2007.

The purpose of this source is to show how fashion moves so fast these days and is becoming
cheaper leading to more purchases of clothing. There is always a must-have article of clothing to
purchase. Which changes with seasons and the always evolving “it” item. This leads to mass
production of clothing and has effects on the environment. The use of crude oil is needed to
produce polyester and other synthetic fabrics that have been used more recently and this releases
toxic emissions into the environment.

Lundberg, Dielle. “The Aftermath of Fast Fashion: How Discarded Clothes Impact
 Public Health and the Environment.” SPH The Aftermath of Fast Fashion How Discarded

Clothes Impact Public Health and the Environment Comments Lundberg, Boston

University, 22 Sept. 2022.

The purpose of this source is to show how in the US alone there are 34 billion pounds of textile
waste being thrown out and sent to landfills or shipped to other countries. The clothes being sent
to countries like Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Burundi are very low quality but come
in big quantities. Leading them to clog the gutters and prevent water from flowing properly. This
causes flooding and leads to water-borne disease. Also, those who can't use the clothes burn
them leading the microplastic to become airborne and polluting the air.

Nizzoli, Giada. “Fast Fashion’s Environmental Impact: Your Clothes’ Real Cost: Sustainable

Fashion Blog: Project CECE.” Sustainable Fashion Blog, Project Cece, 12 July 2023.

The purpose of this source is to show how we as a society have created a society that causes us to
buy, buy, buy. If there is an event or have a vacation buy a new wardrobe. This is so accessible
because fast fashion is produced at low quality and cheaply so you can wear it once and throw it
out after. But the fashion industry has now become 10% of Carbon emissions and by 2050 if
nothing changes it will be 26% of all carbon emissions. Also, it takes 2,700 liters of water to
create a single cotton shirt. There are currently 100 billion garments being created each year
leading to tremendous amounts of water being used up.

Thomas, Dana. Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion--and the Future of Clothes. Penguin

Press, New York, 2019.

The purpose of the article Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion--and the Future of Clothes
talk about fast fashion and how it is pushed in front of us. This article dives into how as a society
today we are always consuming and clothes are a major problem in our consumption. The
fashion industry creates 80 billion new pieces of clothing every year. Yes, you heard that right 80
billion, it is insane to think about a number that big. This has a large effect on our earth from the
mass production of textiles and how much fossil fuels it takes to make every piece of clothing.
But there are companies out there that are heading in the right direction. Some examples of how
they are doing this are by focusing on traditional crafts, growing materials in labs, using scrap or
recycled fabrics, and clean denim processing.