The 'Primark effect' (Tibbetts, 2008) means that that clothes they sell are really
cheap to but. Fashion is getting really cheap and lead to mores being thrown
away. The materals being use to make cheap clothes are hard to recycled, cheap
clothes being wear few times and them throw away. “As a
result the proportion of textile waste at council tips has risen from 7 per
cent to 30 per cent in five years.” (Tibbetts,
2008) the clothes get put in landfills and as MP Micheal Jack said “It is
presenting real challenges, because these material are not easily recyclable.
In other words it was a case of landfill or burning them.” (Jack, cited in Tibbetts, 2008)
MPs visited a waste-disposal site in Croydon (Tibbetts, 2008)
People who buy clothes don’t see
to think about will the clothes they by cheap will last. Fashion has got really
fast now that unwanted clothes are getting bin. “Primark recently announced
a 17 per cent increase in profits to £233million for the year ending in
September.” (Tibbetts, 2008)
Knowing clothes being thrown help
me know that I can go to landfill sites and find clothes and reuse them but
knowing that cheap material is hard to reuse meaning the clothes will fall
apart if I try to make new clothe with. All I can do is find the clothe wash
them and see if they can be reuse.
Tibbetts, Graham (2008) 'Primark effect' lead to throwaway fashion turning up in landfill, The Telegraph
(Accessed 19th Oct)
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