Or another reason why Shein should be boycotted.
Shein is the largest online-only retailer in the world, producing between 35,000 and 100,000 new garments every single day, which is in itself a huge problem; but now a Greenpeace report has also alleged that multiple Shein products breach the EU's chemical regulations, and that clothes sold by the fast-fashion giant contain ‘hazardous chemicals’ breaching EU regulations.
Greenpeace Germany analysed only 47 SHEIN products and already found that 15 % contained hazardous chemicals at levels that breach EU regulatory limits, threatening the health of consumers and ecosystems. Five of the products broke limits by 100 % or more.The findings indicated “very high levels of phthalates in shoes and formaldehyde in a baby girl’s dress,” the report found These chemicals also prevent clothes from being properly recycled - contributing to the vast global fashion waste problem.
“Greenpeace Germany’s findings show that the use of hazardous chemicals underpins SHEIN’s ultra fast fashion business model, which is the opposite of being future-proof,” warned Viola Wohlgemuth, Toxics and Circular economy Campaigner with Greenpeace Germany. “SHEIN products containing hazardous chemicals are flooding European markets and breaking regulations. ” The EU has strict limits on chemical concentrations in clothes - the REACH legislation. But it needs to “properly enforce” these regulations, Wohlgemuth said.
Creating polyester - the key material in lots of brand clothing - is a very carbon intensive process, but despite the urgent need to decarbonise, demand for cheap items isn’t slowing. The average consumer throws away 60 % of new clothes in the same year they were bought.
“At its core, the linear business model of fast fashion is totally incompatible with a climate-friendly future – but the emergence of ultra fast fashion is further accelerating the climate and environmental catastrophe and must be stopped in its tracks through binding legislation,” Wohlgemuth said.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/11/25/shein-fast-fashion-giants-clothes-breach-eu-chemical-regulations-greenpeace-claim
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@SHEIN is the Exxon Mobil of fashion.
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@markus_lutteman_141 true that!
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Dear Jacqueline Marchelli Thank you for getting your climate warning to level 2! We have reached out to SHEIN and asked for a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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Are these people really concerned about the future? i think no.
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@daniel_waweru_656 No!they are only concerned about their profits
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@rosebellendiritu its so unfortunate.
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There is a great need for companies to think about the future of the planet.
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@SHEIN It's about time you stop doing business as usual and invest in engineering environmental components of manufacturing clothes.
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Fast fashion has become a major environmental issue, and this news only adds to the urgency of finding a solution.
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@george_kariuki a solution should be found
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If SHEIN is breaching regulations then it should be forbidden in the EU 🚫 legislators should take action for the planet and people
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If "demand for cheap items isn’t slowing," would be the regulations from the EU, for instance, the only solution to stop imports?
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@aris_progoulakis How do you expect the demand to slow down magically? When it is being created with aggressive marketing schemes and tracking on social media 24/7?
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@sameen_shahid No magic, I think. They could be banned or taxed to a point where selling prices won´t encourage people to buy.
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@aris_progoulakis Why tax the public when you can nip the evil in the bud and ban such companies for good!
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@sameen_shahid If they are breaching regulations, is it easier to justify a ban, but if they don't? If they adjust their cheap clothes to rules? Taxation for products that generate more emissions is an extensive discussion as well. Then you can say that rich people can still afford things and poor people will pay more or stop consuming, which sounds unfair maybe. But it is one of the proposed ideas to decrease the general consumption of products like meat, for instance.
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So this is what Europe has been sending to Africa and Asia! About time such fast-fashion brands are banned and punished for their crimes against humanity and the planet. 🌏
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@sameen_shahid they should stop this,I believe the climate warnings sent to them earlier to stop dumping such in Africa and Asia will materialise
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@rosebellendiritu And I would add that the EU should make a law about that to prevent this pollution export (see a climate warning I wrote about this topic: https://app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/8d915354-9272-4279-8843-74455dd272df)
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@marine_stephan I read your climate warning. As much as I hate to admit it, it's not the first time that poor countries are left alone facing the consequences of rich people's activities! sad and disappointing :/
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@marine_stephan thank you I will...strict action should be taken
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These chemicals are very harmful,these clothes are free but you only need to pay the tax.
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@rosebellendiritu action is key