Sustainability Fashion?
Bye Bye Plastic Bags SG’s Sarah Tan talks
The fashion problem.
Staying on trend, fitting in. The look now is “vintage.” People will pay for vintage-inspired branded clothing.
How do you shop clothes?
Secondhand. Thrift shopping means I can be sustainable creatively. It adds to my personality. Not all are great in Singapore. I search online. But they’re pricey.
I was also shocked by child slavery behind fast-fashion. H&M launched their “conscious” line; they’re doing it just for the sake of. I’ve stopped wearing Nike.
Good On You rates fast-fashion brands on their sustainability, transparency.
Sustainability “trend.”
Don’t just cut down your water, energy use. Relate it to your industry. For fashion, consider textile waste.
Fur hurts animals, fake fur is non-biodegradable.
I don’t have answers. But it’s important for businesses to educate consumers on what they’re selling.
The unsustainable dystopia.
Our trash disposal system is efficient. But it’s caused the Pulau Semakau landfill, which people feel is too opaque, distant. It’s worse than we think it is.
The government focuses on recycling only. It’s been shown that the trash in their blue bins are contaminated too easily by food, rain.
We’re already complaining about Singapore’s weather. But increasing temperatures affects more than weather.
Bye Bye Plastic Bags Singapore.
We can reach out to so many businesses, all use plastic bags. We’ve done 2 beach clean-ups, which have created conversations; when people pick up small styrofoam pieces, witness the trash problem firsthand.
We want to organise a plastic-free, plant-based picnic. Long-term, I want to organise arts exhibitions to engage youths, children.
The sustainable utopia.
IKEA have a side project, SPACE10. They’re trying to integrate a sustainable village.
