Did you know that the United Kingdom sends 11 million items of clothing to the landfill every week? Fast fashion is harming people and our planet, but the charity Oxfam has a plan.

The carbon footprint of new clothes bought in the United Kingdom every minute is greater than driving a car around the earth 6 times! The fashion industry is the 2nd biggest contributor to pollution and with the environment and planet very much in danger Oxfam have created the campaign #SecondHandSeptember. The aim is to encourage people to pledge to say no to new clothes for 30 days – decreasing the amount of pollution and waste. The charity want to send a message to fashion retailers and consumers that the price of our planet is not worth any item of clothing.

As someone who loves the environment I think this is a great campaign and definitely one I will be taking part in. I am already a massive fan of charity shops, eBay and Depop and tend to purchase most my clothes from second hand places like this. I do this because I don’t want to contribute to any kind of pollution. I think the campaign will bring more awareness to the issues that as a planet we face – the public lack a lot of knowledge in my opinion hence why we haven’t seen bigger changes. The campaign is on social media which I think is a great idea because it allows the company to target a mass amount of people, the ability for sharing and the potential to go viral which is what we need! I decided to blog about this because I think it’s something everyone should take part in.

SAVE OUR PLANET!