Fast fashion fuelling global waste crisis, UN chief warns

Published on March 27, 2025

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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