While the tragedy piled pressure on top brands churning out ever-rising mountains of clothes to ensure better standards, abuses in the textile industry continue:
The scale of the disaster at Rana Plaza, which produced clothes for Primark and Benetton, among others, proved a turning point. While Bangladesh has had no major textile factory disasters since 2013, such tragedies have continued to occur elsewhere. Beijing has dismissed the charges, saying it is operating vocational training centres to counter religious extremism.
A throw-away culture generates growing mountains of waste, much of which ends up in mega dumps in the southern hemisphere.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more: