{"id":3105,"date":"2023-12-11T07:58:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T07:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/re-fashion.eu\/?page_id=3105"},"modified":"2023-12-11T08:06:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T08:06:35","slug":"five-facts-you-didnt-know-about-fashion-waste","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/re-fashion.eu\/index.php\/five-facts-you-didnt-know-about-fashion-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Five facts you didn\u2019t know about fashion waste"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3105\" class=\"elementor elementor-3105\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f72d342 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f72d342\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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data-id=\"7156dd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/earth.org\/statistics-about-fast-fashion-waste\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/earth.org\/statistics-about-fast-fashion-waste\/<\/span><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of the 100 billion garments produced each year, 92 million tonnes end up in landfills. This means that the equivalent of a rubbish truck full of clothes ends up on landfill sites\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org\/news\/one-garbage-truck-of-textiles-wasted-every-second-report-creates-vision-for-change\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">every second.<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The apparel industry\u2019s global emissions will increase by 50% by 2030.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fashion industry is responsible for 20% of global waste water. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dyeing and finishing \u2013 the processes by which colour and other chemicals are applied to fabrics \u2013 are responsible for 3% of global CO2 emissions as well as over 20% of global water pollution.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It takes 20,000 litres of water to produce one kilogram of cotton. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.triplepundit.com\/story\/2013\/it-takes-2700-liters-water-make-t-shirt\/54321\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2,700 litres of water<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0are needed to make just one t-shirt, which would be enough for one person to drink for 900 days.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly 10% of microplastics dispersed in the ocean each year come from textiles. 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