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6 New English From BBC LearningEnglish.com Hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.
I'm Georgina.
And I'm Neil.
In this program, we're talking about buying clothes and only wearing them a few times before buying more clothes.
This is something known as fast fashion.
It's popular.
It might make us feel good, but it's not great for the environment.
Which is why lots of people this year are pledging or promising publicly to buy no new clothes.
I, for one, am wearing the same shirt I bought seven years ago.
You're certainly not a fashion victim, Neil.
But first, let's test your knowledge of fast fashion with a question.
Do you know how many items of clothing was sent to landfill in the UK in 2017?
Was it A, 23 million items?
B, 234 million items?
Or C, 2.3 billion items?
What do you think, Neil?
I'm sure it's lots, but not billions.
So I'm going to say 23 million items.