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With today’s society of social media and instant gratification, the fashion industry is taking full advantage. People are addicted when it comes to buying clothes and trying new popular trends. I’m sure many of us enjoy shopping and trying new styles of shoes, jeans, tops, jackets, and more to express our individuality to the world. But have you ever thought about where all that clothing goes after you’re done with it? Do you donate it? Recycle it? Trash it? What about the clothes that don’t get sold in the first place?

85% Of Our Clothes End Up In Landfills Or Burned

It might come to a surprise to learn that around 85% of textiles thrown away in the U.S. are dumped into landfills or burned — including unused textiles and unsold clothes. Furthermore, it is estimated that the average American throws away about 37kg/81 pounds of clothes every year– that’s the weight of a pre-teen child! And that’s only counting the U.S. To give you an idea of how big the global textile waste crisis is, imagine a garbage truck fully filled with textiles and clothes being thrown into landfills every single second of the day, every year.

Even if we tried to recycle all of our old clothes, it’s important to understand that a lot of these textiles —about 60 percent of them — are not recyclable in the first place, which is why they end up in landfills or burned. Many of our clothes are made with plastic. Some of the synthetic fibers in our clothes are commonly known as polyester, nylon, acrylic and others. These fibers are made from crude oil, which makes them almost impossible to reuse in other ways — meaning they cannot be recycled or composed. There are numerous eco-friendly fibers that could replace plastic in clothes, but because there are no restrictions or laws, the fashion industry continues to actively participate in using plastic fibers in their clothes.

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