Shocking Facts and Statistics:

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1. Buying one white cotton shirt produces the same amount of emissions as driving 35 miles in a car. (WRAP)

2. Clothing companies create more than 1 million garments every day. (GreenPeace)

3. As its current pace, fast fashion emissions will grow by 50% by 2030. (Ellen Macarthur Foundation)

4. Half a million tons of plastic microfibers are dumped into the ocean every year, the equivalent of 50 billion plastic bottles. (World Economic Forum)

5. Every second, the equivalent of a truck load of clothes is burned or buried in a landfill. (Ellen Macarthur Foundation)

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6. 80% of apparel is made by young women between the ages of 18 and 24. (Earth.org)

7. Greater than 9 out of 10 fashion brands do not pay their garment workers a living wage. (Illuminem)

8. 92 million tons of clothing are thrown in the trash, even when 95% of them could have been recycled. (PrettyGreenLily)

9. Shien regularly introduces more than 6,000 new products per day. (BigFrenchies)

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Sustainable Fashion Research:

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