Until 2021, millions of packages from platforms like Shein or Temu arrived in Europe without paying VAT if they cost less than 22 euros.
Did you know that making a single cotton T-shirt requires about 2,700 liters of water—the same amount a person would drink in nearly three years? So-called fast fashion offers us cheap, trendy clothing, but it also generates 12 kilos of textile waste per person per year in Europe, and only about 1% is recycled into new garments.
