100 billion garments produced each year, 92 million tons end up in landfills. To make it clearer, this means that the equivalent of a waste truck full of clothes ends up on landfill sites every second. The number only increases yearly and at the end of the decade, it’s expected to increase up to 134 million tons per year.
Presently, many items are worn only seven to ten times before being disposed of. Does that ring a bell?
The Number of times a cloth is worn has declined by around 36% In the last 15 Years. That’s a whole lot, simply put people barely repeat clothes for long periods.
It’s time to check your wardrobe and GIVE out those old items of yours. You always think you still need those items but you end up disposing them into waste bins which end up in landfills and the ocean.
Why should you give out old items?
- Saves water: Giving out one t-shirt has saved about 2,700 litres of water needed for its production, that amount of water would be enough for one person to drink for 900 days.
- Protect our environment: The clothing Industry’s global emissions will Increase by 50% by 2030 but the sustainable act of giving would help to reduce production which in turn reduces emissions.
- Charity: You might not want your old clothes anymore, but certainly someone else will. It helps people in need and puts a smile on their faces.
Let’s do better by packaging the old items in good conditions and giving them out which will be appreciated.
Textile statistics reference; https://earth.org
