"We need to rethink fast fashion because nature is paying the price"

Major household brands shouldn't wash their hands of their responsibilities; we are a little what we wear and paying a little more for clothes that we will keep longer would be good for the earth

Mound of discarded clothes washed up on the beach in Ghana (

Image: Adam Gerrard/Daily Mirror)

Fast fashion has turned into an environmental disaster with disposable clothes being dumped in developing countries like Ghana. Our special toxic waste investigation proves that the clothes we throw away easily, often made by exploited workers, continue to pollute.

The major household brands involved should not be allowed to wash their hands of it. We are what we wear to some extent and paying a little more, even in a cost of living crisis, for clothes that we will keep longer and wear more often would be a cultural shift that would benefit the planet.

It's time to rethink a culture of damaging throwaways where nature pays the price. No individual is to blame when it comes to a national or even global problem. Yet it is clear that changes are needed.

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We are the losers and British Gas is the winner as it shows a profit of nearly £1billion in the cost of living crisis. Companies exist to make money, but the government sanctions racketeering by allowing companies to carry out such a massacre at a time when their customers can least afford it.

Conservatives will never escape condemnation when they so blatantly support rip-off merchants. Which side you are on is the big dividing line in politics. Sunak and his buddies have made it clear which side they are on.

Well done Tanni

Tanni Grey-Thompson, Paralympian in wheelchair racing, once again shows that she is a true champion. By speaking out on behalf of millions of people with disabilities and people with reduced mobility about ruthless plans to close nearly 1,000 station ticket offices, Tanni gives them a voice.

We are not a civilized country if some of us are prevented by commercial reasons from using basic services. These services include vital counters on the rail network.