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and you have a case for being pro-fur purely because it’s biodegradable. Especially considering that faux fur, like real fur, sheds.Ashley Byrne, campaign specialist at PETA, thinks animal and human rights issues must be addressed when looking at the sustainable practices in fashion. However, with animal rights aside, she says real fur is still far worse for the environment. “Eighty-five percent of the fur industry’s skins come from animals living captive in fur factory farms,” she says.
Byrne explains that carbon dioxide emissions caused by farming animals for fur, the harmful impact fur has on waterways , the toxic chemicals used in fur dressing and dyeing, and the “massive amounts of waste and feces” all weigh up to be “a nightmare for the environment.” In contrast, she believes the faux-fur industry has the potential to become more sustainable. “While faux fur keeps improving, [real fur] is always going to be the same,” Byrne says.
Alden Wicker, a journalist who focuses on trends in sustainable fashion, advocates for wearing secondhand fur but doesn’t have anything against the new fur bans. “I just can't get behind buying fake fur made of synthetic bits,” she says. “I look at it and see a whole mess of microplastics shedding in a trail behind the wearer.”She also suggests that “ethical fur” does exist.
If you aren’t comfortable wearing secondhand or “ethical fur,” Wicker says that faux is still currently a sustainable no-go. “[Wear] recycled, synthetic-fill puffy coats, or nothing at all,” she explains. Yet there is an increasing number of more sustainable faux alternatives. At Stella McCartney’s spring/summer 2020 show in Paris she
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