If you watched the news this week, you may have spotted some familiar faces...

NOVA Thrift Shop was featured on FOX 29's Good Day with Jenn Frederick this week!

Jenn and her news crew visited the shop and showed off our amazing selection of home goods and our curated silent auction to viewers!

We were thrilled to have the opportunity to share information about how NTS supports NOVA's work to support and empower victims of sexual assault and other crimes in Bucks County.

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Fast fashion refers to the rapid production of cheap clothing in response to the latest trends. The fast fashion business model relies on fast-changing trends to ensure consumers are endlessly buying new clothing. This means that producers must meet the demand of their consumers and manufacture clothing more rapidly. Once production is complete, garments are sold at low-cost to encourage fast sales and even faster use. Fast fashion clothing is meant to go out of style quickly and not made to last so that consumers will repeat the buying process, therefore contributing to the sales of the industry.

There are many environmental and ethical problems with the fast fashion industry. The industry impacts our water and energy sources, increases microplastics, and much more. Fast fashion also poses societal problems within many developing countries. Here are 10 facts about the fast fashion industry that you may not have known:

1. The fashion industry has a big carbon footprint and is responsible for up to 10% of total global emissions. This number is estimated to increase by 50% by 2030.
2. The fashion industry is the second largest consumer industry of water.
3. 80% of apparel is made by young women between the ages of 18 and 24.
4. The industry produces roughly 100 billion garments a year and 87% will end up in landfills or burnt into the atmosphere.
5. Less than 1% of used clothing is recycled.
6. Washing our synthetic clothing accounts for 35% of all microplastics in the ocean.
7. The low cost of fast fashion clothing is extracted from the industry’s factory garment workers. Most workers in other countries are paid less than the minimum wage.
8. Fashion is one of industries with the highest pollution rate.
9. Clothing production has doubled since 2000 and expected to continue to grow.
10. The fashion industry is one of the largest manufacturing industries but almost entirely unregulated.

Here are five ways that you can avoid fast fashion:



• Educate yourself on sustainable clothing and where your clothes come from!
• Shop for quality over quantity.
• Wear clothing and shoes that you already have.
• Buy secondhand clothing at NOVA Thrift Shop!
• Donate your used clothing to NOVA Thrift Shop!

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