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> an estimated 4-9% of unsold textiles are destroyed before ever being worn. That is a crazy amount.
by V__ 8mo ago
> an estimated 4-9% of unsold textiles are destroyed before ever being worn.
That is a crazy amount.
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- s0rce 8mo agoThis number seems low, so >90% of unsold clothes are worn? Are they all donated? 4-9% of unsold clothes could be defective/damaged or something.
- blitzar 8mo agoI would have guessed, with no real basis whatsoever, that 4-9% of all manufactured clothes would be destroyed without ever being used.
- garaetjjte 8mo agoIs it? 4-9% of unsold portion seems reasonable. Unless they actually mean 4-9% of all manufactured. https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/the-destruction-of-returned-and-unsold-textiles-in-europes-circular-economy https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/the-destr... Oh, it's really percentage of all produced. Weird that they worded it in a way that makes their argument weaker. >Based on available studies, an estimated 4-9% of all textile products put on the market in Europe are destroyed before use, amounting to between 264,000 and 594,000 tonnes of textiles destroyed each year.
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- plorkyeran 8mo agoI would have guessed a much higher number, and the number possibly being as low as 4% seems like good news to me.