Buy less stuff
A lot of our individual carbon use comes from the transport and making of the physical goods we buy. And our discarded stuff is ending up in landfill and polluting the oceans – microplastics are everywhere, from inside sea-creatures at the bottom of the ocean floor, to mountain rain and arctic sea-ice, to inside our own bodies.
The UK is the 14th worst country for waste, producing 482kg per person per year.
So let’s buy fewer things. Avoid impulse buys, purchase second-hand or repair where you can.
The fashion industry’s toll on the planet has become especially shocking with the advent of ‘fast fashion’. Garment manufacture uses huge amounts of water, is enormously polluting, and produces as much greenhouse gas as Russia, at 10% of the global total. About 100 billion pieces of clothing are produced every year. This is set to nearly double in the next ten years.
Some organisations promote a one-year boycott of new clothing. As they say, there’s already plenty in circulation!
The UK is the 14th worst country for waste, producing 482kg per person per year.
So let’s buy fewer things. Avoid impulse buys, purchase second-hand or repair where you can.
The fashion industry’s toll on the planet has become especially shocking with the advent of ‘fast fashion’. Garment manufacture uses huge amounts of water, is enormously polluting, and produces as much greenhouse gas as Russia, at 10% of the global total. About 100 billion pieces of clothing are produced every year. This is set to nearly double in the next ten years.
Some organisations promote a one-year boycott of new clothing. As they say, there’s already plenty in circulation!
