“They should be ashamed of themselves.”

A popular clothing retailer sells fast fashion items, as revealed in this TikTok.

Livekindly (@livekindly) showcased the abundance of plastic waste and fast fashion inside a Forever 21.

@livekindly Back with another fast fashion ANTI-HAUL 🚫 These anti-hauls are designed to raise awareness of the wasteful nature of fast fashion and to remind you to be a more mindful consumer! Are you talking about fast fashion? #fastfashion #antihaul #deinfluencing #forever21 #shein #slowfashion #sustainability #overconsumption ♬ original sound – LIVEKINDLY

The “fast-fashion anti-haul” video shows a ton of cheap Coca-Cola products, which Livekindly says are “the world’s biggest plastic polluter.”

They’re right: Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestlé have been named top plastic polluters for several years in a row, according to Waste Management World.

Livekindly also finds neon plastic bags, deceptively DIY shorts, and a bunch of useless gadgets wrapped in plastic.

“Save your money, save the planet,” they say.

Fast fashion is terrible for the planet, and it’s also not good for your wallet to buy new clothes so often.

Business Insider detailed the intense environmental damage caused by the fast fashion industry, such as polluting waterways with toxic chemical byproducts, depleting limited natural resources, and producing 10% of the pollution carbonaceous atmosphere which traps the planet’s heat.

Fast fashion products are usually hastily made from lower quality materials.

🗣️ What should the government do about the fast fashion industry?

🔘 Set strict rules 🚫

🔘 Encourage sustainable options 💰

🔘 Use both regulations and incentives 🏛️

🔘 Nothing 🙅

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Due to their quality, most of these clothes are only worn a few times before being thrown away, and the situation only gets worse. According to the United Nations Environment Program, “the number of times an item of clothing is worn has decreased by 36% in 15 years.”

Next, “85% of all textiles go to landfill every year,” according to Business Insider.

That’s billions of pounds of clothing destined for landfills.

Break with fast fashion. Shop at thrift stores or locally for new clothes. And if your clothes are wearing out, extend their life by trying to visibly repair them, donating them to local thrift stores or shelters, or recycling your fabric scraps. Some companies, like Trashie and ThredUp, will reward you for sending in old clothes.

Reviewers were disappointed with Forever 21.

“Forever 21 should be ashamed,” one user wrote.

“Let’s also remember that workers aren’t paid fairly for these kinds of things,” another commenter mentioned.

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