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Band 5+: What are the long-term consequences of fast fashion on the environment and society?

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These days, fast fashion is very common in our society, and I think there are a lot of detrimental effects on the environment and on us as well. When clothes change frequently in a very short period, people tend to change their clothes every day, leading to significant waste. The environment suffers from the disposal of a large number of clothes. The effects of fast fashion are that both the environment and society will experience a big waste of resources and clothing. Additionally, people may feel in a bad mood if they don't have access to fast fashion.

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These days fast fashion is very common in our society and I think there is a lot of detrimental effects about the environment and about us also because when clothes change a lot of times in a very small periods or a short period. I think people will change the clothes every day and and the environment will waste a lot of clothes because there is a lot of types of clothes. It’s not like… So the effects about fast fashion is that these two environments will have a big waste of money and clothes, also people will feel in a bad mood if they don’t have the fast fashion.

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Vocabulary Repetition:

fast: 3

fashion: 3

environment: 3

clothes: 3

society: 2

effects: 2

change: 2

people: 2

waste: 2

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