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04-11-2022, 07:46 AM
SORCHA BRADLEY
3 NOV 2022
While most consumers are now aware of the environmental impacts of fast fashion, the risks associated with so-called fast furniture are less well recognised.
Covid-19 lockdowns triggered a surge in interest in home improvements and demand for cheap trend-led homeware, with sales soaring by 42% in the first half of 2020, according to the Office of National Statistics. A survey for retailer made.com found that 68% of more than 1,000 respondents had shopped online for homeware at least once a month during the pandemic.
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“Mass-produced and relatively inexpensive”, fast furniture is “easy to obtain and then abandon”, said The New York Times.
But the amount of waste producing by “the one-season fling of furnishings” is staggering, the paper continued. In the US alone, consumers are throwing out “more than 12 million tons of furniture” a year, “creating mountains of solid waste that have grown 450% since 1960”.
“It’s quite a big problem, both spatially and also because of the way a lot of fast furniture is made now, it’s not just wood and metal. The materials don’t biodegrade or break down,” said sustainability expert Ashlee Piper
https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/environme...st-fashion
3 NOV 2022
While most consumers are now aware of the environmental impacts of fast fashion, the risks associated with so-called fast furniture are less well recognised.
Covid-19 lockdowns triggered a surge in interest in home improvements and demand for cheap trend-led homeware, with sales soaring by 42% in the first half of 2020, according to the Office of National Statistics. A survey for retailer made.com found that 68% of more than 1,000 respondents had shopped online for homeware at least once a month during the pandemic.
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“Mass-produced and relatively inexpensive”, fast furniture is “easy to obtain and then abandon”, said The New York Times.
But the amount of waste producing by “the one-season fling of furnishings” is staggering, the paper continued. In the US alone, consumers are throwing out “more than 12 million tons of furniture” a year, “creating mountains of solid waste that have grown 450% since 1960”.
“It’s quite a big problem, both spatially and also because of the way a lot of fast furniture is made now, it’s not just wood and metal. The materials don’t biodegrade or break down,” said sustainability expert Ashlee Piper
https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/environme...st-fashion
