Black Friday: Criticism of the Impact on Environment and People Due to Cheap Fashion

Black Friday encourages impulse purchases through low prices, turning many clothing items into disposable products. As a symbol of the increasing burden of cheap fashion, the organizations displayed a globe sinking into a pile of textile waste.

NGOs Promote Sustainable Fashion Before Black Friday

"Disposable fashion pollutes the planet, heats the earth, and makes people sick. We have just seen this very clearly with our test of Temu and Shein products together with the Chamber of Labor Upper Austria," said Anna Leitner, spokesperson for resources at Global 2000. The test of 20 clothing items from the providers Temu and Shein classified seven products as hazardous to health. For example, a significantly increased lead concentration was detected in the sole of a Shein winter boot.

The NGOs therefore recommend consuming less and more consciously and increasingly purchasing used clothing ("second hand"). "We would like to invite everyone who is still skeptical about the growing second-hand trend to try this type of shopping. Because the most sustainable piece of clothing is the one that does not need to be newly produced," said Oliver Türkoglu from Caritas, responsible for donations in kind and logistics.

(APA/Red)

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