North Americans send over 10 million tonnes of clothing to landfills every year, of which the average person throws away 37 kilograms of textiles annually, in Canada the average person throws away 81 pounds of clothing every year. By Matisse Buteau
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12.4 Clothing and Textiles: Fashion Waste
The Fashion Industry is one of the most wasteful and polluting industries in the world. Due to issues such as fast fashion and overconsumption consumers now buy more clothing than ever before and wear that clothing less before they discard it. By Meg O'Connell