La fast fashion it is a real modern plague, which not only causes irreparable damage to the environment, But that destroys human lives, solidifying dynamics of exploitation and feeding disastrous living conditions.
There have been numerous protests and initiatives by environmentalists and international authorities explicitly aligned against the giants of this industry worth billions, such as the Chinese Shein or Europeans H&M, Bershka and Zara, and finally the European Parliament seems to have heard their voices.
In fact, Europe has declared its intention to apply tougher measures to fight against the excessive production and consumption of textiles, which reaches dizzying figures every year: it has been calculated, in fact, that only in Europe are disposed of about 5,8 million tons of textile products, worn on average seven or eight times before being thrown away.
The first rule concerns a more rigorous control of the processes of destruction of unsold garments, a practice which, if regulated and controlled, would allow effective protection of biodiversity and animal welfare, as well as a lower production of microplastics; secondly, the parliamentarians highlighted how essential it is to deal with the labor abuses of industry and decarbonisation of non-European activities.
To hinder the European intentions are the times of the bureaucracy, which would significantly slow down the times of introduction and application of the controls, and the opposition of those who, on the other hand, prefer to protect the great economic gain derived from these companies.
