Fast fashion and the dark side of textile recycling in India | Narendra Modi

101 East exposes the dark side of our fast fashion obsession, revealing its toll on India’s environment and workers.

Fast fashion has become a global wardrobe staple.

It’s an affordable way to stay on top of ever-evolving trends, but at what cost?

Many items are discarded after just a few wears, with shipping containers of textile waste flooding into India, now known as the world’s textile wasteland.

For workers tasked with recycling these cast-offs from Western countries, the…

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