According to Remake, the average American buys 16 new pieces of clothing every 3 months. This accounts for roughly 9,705 liters of blue water, 207 kg of CO2e, 9.1 kg of waste, and this is only on an individual level in one country.
It is said that the industry is responsible for 2-8% of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions. In countries like Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Cambodia, extreme heat and flooding will have put 958,000 livelihoods at risk by 2030 due to climate-related vulnerability, fueled by low wages and wage theft.
In the midst of this reality, citizens have realized that they too can be a part of the change, as shown by TikTok’s anti-consumption movement, as described by Cernansky in Vogue. #deinfluence has been used 26,000 times by people intending to promote a more joyful relationship with our clothes.
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