Future generations will wonder why 'fast fashion' was once acceptable, says Ryan

In an interview to mark the start of sustainability month in the 'Irish Examiner',  Eamon Ryan also spoke about the frightening decline in the amount of clean rivers, and the risk of Ireland being accused of "greenwashing"

Environment Minister Eamon Ryan said we will look back on fast fashion 'and think that it's not as classy as buying something really good and wearing it a hundred times'. Picture: Careth Chaney/Collins Photos

Future generations will be horrified by fast fashion and our current consumption habits in the same way as we now look back at how smoking was once acceptable everywhere, the Green Party leader has warned.

Eamon Ryan has said the generations to come will also wonder how we let our waterways become so polluted, and will question our overreliance on cars.