The fashion industry is the second most polluting global industry, with the average Australian sending 23kg of textiles to landfills per annum. Australians dispose of 600kg of clothing every minute, making us the second-largest consumer of textiles in the world. As the demand for fast fashion increases, manufacturers use innumerable amounts of fabric to create and keep up with trends constantly. Their work's fast-paced nature contributes to careless planning, resulting in large quantities of waste that release greenhouse gases as they decompose over thousands of years.

I have become increasingly aware of what impact my consumeristic habits have on the environment. Being interested in sciences, particularly biology, I have learned about the significant degradation of our natural environment over the last 50 years. In the late teen to young adult age bracket, clothing accounts for a large portion of the average woman's spendings and, having an interest in fashion, is representative of my habits.

I chose to create a solution that specifically addresses textile waste. The idea is to create garments from the offcuts of material from other clothing manufacturers to reduce waste generated in the production stages. Each garment has a small but visible QR code, which leads to a web page explaining how purchasing the item helps reduce textile waste to educate consumers about the issue.