Waste and fast fashion in the alt/kandi community.

Alexander_The_3th 3/7/2022 11:02 am 460

I've been seeing this problem a lot in members of alt communities, myself, and even some people I know. The question I keep asking myself is "how do i do the things I enjoy without creating large amounts of waste?". I feel like in subcultures where fashion does play a part, we need to be conscious that we aren't going overboard on things that will eventually end up in a landfill. Now, I know people have financial difficulties, I don't care if people buy a few things that they will genuinely use. I'm talking about big hauls of clothes. There is no ethical consumption, but we can try to limit the amount that we play into it.

Another thing that I guess i'd like advice on (shocker) is how to use beads without them eventually going to waste? I suppose i could just reuse pony beads, but the perlers aren't exactly reusable. I'm not sure.

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Mar 7, 2022 11:07 am

i mean i buy 98% of my clothes from local thrift stores (mostly cuzof money but it is better 4 the environment) and whenever i get bored of/grow out of clothes (so long as they arent destroyed) i donate them to said stores. as far as perlers im not sure but re-using beads is a great idea.

-flint/lennon

Mar 7, 2022 11:07 am

if anyone wants to know more about this, i was thinking of doing a research based essay/video on this. textile industries produce a lot of waste, in 2018 alone 11.3 million tons were dumped in landfills. (https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materi...) I encourage everyone to look into this.

  • CoNN13Killz
Mar 7, 2022 11:04 am

i give my old kandi/perlers 2 friends who will use them (or u could sell em ig)