I know it’s fun to always buy new stuff, it brings some variety into our lives, but sadly, this mentality has a huge effect on our planet. Cline, the author of Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, we only wear our clothes 7 times on average before discarding them. When your T-shirt costs less than your coffee you don’t expect it to last longer than your coffee.Īccording to Elizabeth L. Clothes became extremely cheap so we don’t care for them anymore as much as earlier generations used to. We have an abundance of clothing to choose from for a very low price. In the 90s’ with the rise of fast fashion, there was a major shift in how we buy our clothes. This is why what we wear matters! Textile Waste in the Fashion Industry It is a major contributor to water pollution, plastic pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to all this, the fashion industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world. Globally we produce 13 million tons of textile waste each year 95% of which could be reused or recycled. How much waste does the fashion industry actually produce? An average consumer throws away 70 pounds (31.75 kilograms) of clothing per year. And the worst part is, the majority of our clothes goes to landfill, even though we could easily reuse or recycle them. We produce way more clothes than we need and we discard them after a couple of wears. The fashion industry is one of the most wasteful industries in the world.
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