Sustainable / Environmental Problems Caused by the Textiles & Fashion Industry

•There are about 8,000 harmful chemicals are used in the fashion, textile and footwear industry to turn raw materials into final products.

•These chemicals cause health problems to the people who work with them, especially as manyof them do not have protective equipment.

• Many of the chemicals also end up in freshwater systems like rivers, streams, lakes, etc....

•Clothing brands and factories who want to ‘do fashion better’ should be very worried about the amount of chemical used in the Fashion & Textiles industry and must look at ways to be more environmentally friendly by using sustainable [eco friendly] fibres & fabrics; use natural dyes, insecticides & fertilisers; and better & safer ways of making fabric andclothing.

• The fashion industry creates around 13 kilograms of fashion wastefor every person on the planet

every year. That waste is equivalent to a landmass larger than the size of France.• To stop this, the industry must rethink and redesign the way products are made, used and got rid

of.• The average person now buys 400 per cent more clothingthan 20 years ago.•Only 1% of clothes are recycled into new clothing each year, and only 20 per cent of textilesare recycled at all.• A huge amount of waste takes place while making fabric and clothing in factories.• 3 and 5% of factories throw away clothes that are made wrong or by mistake.• Most of textile waste ends up in landfill or is incinerated[burnt].• In poorer countries where there is no waste management systems like Bangladesh, there are

huge amounts of fashion waste are created.

Task 3: Watch the YouTube Clip below and write a report on it?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiSYoeqb_VY

LF: To understand the journey of a pair of jeans.

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Start the discussion:

• I believe that...• In my opinion...• One argument may be

that...• I’d like to make the point

that…

Agree (Point):

• What is your opinion ?• What evidence can you

provide to support this • Why is this important?

Build (Evidence):• Advantages and

disadvantages • Key Design Technology

terminology

Challenge (Explanation):• Justification (explain your

answer) • Counter argument /

alternatives

TASK: Extended writing Topic: A jeans journey

Question: Explain the journey of a pair of jeans

TASK: Extended writing Topic: A jeans journey

Question: Explain the journey of a pair of jeans

Start the discussion:- Identify the 8 points of a jeans journey

Agree (Point):- Support your rules, why are they important?

Build (Evidence):- Give examples of where the different components (parts)

Challenge (Explanation):- Justify your rules - Justify the importance of the different components- Challenge what could go wrong if some components are missing