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"Ultra fast fashion could be taxed to oblivion in France. Could Australia follow suit?"
#FastFashion #Textiles #Clothes

Ultra fast fashion could be taxed to oblivion in France. Could Australia follow suit?
Ultra-fast fashion comes with a host of environmental problems. Australia’s response to the deluge of cheap low quality clothes hasn’t led to change.

I finally had a go at doing the thing to our build system that I've been thinking about for ages. Result: proof-of-concept reduces build times by at least 20 minutes, probably more when we're done.
I now just have to get from POC to production. Uh, how hard can it be?
(timf winces)
#fast-git-clone-using-zfs-reference-repos

"The Race to Upcycle Africa’s Fast Fashion Dumping Ground"
#Africa #FastFashion #Textiles #Clothes

The Race to Upcycle Africa’s Fast Fashion Dumping Ground
At Accra’s Kantamanto Market, 15 million garments arrive weekly from the West. Upcyclers race to salvage what fast fashion leaves behind.

"Italy hands fast fashion retailer Shein €1 million greenwashing fine"
#Italy #Shein #FastFasion #Clothes

Italy hands fast fashion retailer Shein €1 million greenwashing fine
The decision comes after France fined the retailer €40m in July over fake discounts and misleading environmental claims.

"Popeyes Chicken, covert surveillance and alleged rotting meat"
People DO NOT eat at fast food establishments, They will kill you for a dime.
#fastfood = die sooner

"The clothes that never die: How fast fashion is burying Africa in plastict"
#Africa #Fashion #FastFashion #Textiles

The clothes that never die: How fast fashion is burying Africa in plastic
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Mountains of smoking waste sprawl across the Dandora dump in Nairobi, Kenya. The acrid stench clings to the air; marabou storks pick over scraps alongside people searching for plastic bottles or bones. Interspersed among the refuse are scraps […]