外刊精讲丨卫报：购物成瘾毁环境是病，得治

A cross-party report has found that people today buy and discard clothes faster than ever, and it means we get rid of more than 1m tonnes of clothes a year, with £140m worth going to landfill every year. The implications of this are so bad that there have been recent claims that the fashion industry can be listed alongside the oil industry as one of the five most polluting industries in the world.

MPs are desperately trying to change this and have announced a number of recommendations, from tax incentives for companies that offer repair services for clothes, to adding a 1p tax on every clothing item sold in the UK to help pay for better clothing collection and recycling.

They are simple recommendations but they could have a huge impact on sustainable fashion and our environment.

文本选自：The Guardian（卫报）

作者：Radhika Sanghani

原文标题：How to cure the shopping addiction that’s destroying our planet

原文发布时间：20 Feb. 2019

背景知识：

衣服、包包、鞋子、化妆品……”几乎每天都会收到快递员送来的包裹，在自家的衣柜里，很多衣服标签都没拆，有些只穿过一次就被遗忘在角落里。这其实是一种病态，叫做购物成瘾，又称强迫性购物，病理性购物、强迫性消费、购买癖、购物狂等，常发生于女性。有调查研究，女性购物成瘾和男性的患病率的比例是9:1。神经生物学眼中的购物狂：和酒精、毒品成瘾有着共同的生物学机制，均涉及人类脑内的“愉快中枢”。过度购物时，购物成瘾者会产生某种陶醉感和欣快感，缓解焦虑等不良情绪。普通心理学眼中的购物狂：多数存在怕吃亏和跟风的心理。不少“剁手党”一听到有便宜货就只管买。另一方面，他们还有一种跟风心理，从众购物。在这种情况下,消费者很难真正判断哪些商品是自己真正需要的。