Fashion Pollution Facts

• The fashion industry accounts for around 8 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, making it the third-highest polluting industry on the planet.
• According to a McKinsey report in 2016, three-fifths of all clothing items end up in landfills or an incinerator, leading to environmental pollution. 
• Polyester shirts have twice the carbon footprint of cotton shirts.
• Textile production is a leading contributor to climate change. The industry produces about 1.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year— that’s more than both international airlines and maritime shipping combined.
• UK households dispose of a stunning 300 thousand tonnes of clothing every year; 20 percent of which goes to the landfill, while they incinerate the 80 percent.
• The production of textiles uses over 3,500 different chemicals.
• Globally, we use about 11 percent of pesticides and 24 percent of insecticides on cotton crops.

Submitted May 11, 2022 at 03:19AM by FelipeTadd https://ift.tt/0CQ2pZf