Fashion industry emits more carbon than flights and maritime shipping combined
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#2The quality of clothing has gone downhill over the years. Both the fabric and the stitching. They just fall apart faster.
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#310% of global emissions are for clothing. Wow!
And growing..."If the fashion sector continues on its current trajectory, that share of the carbon budget could jump to 26% by 2050" (from the article)
Flights: 2.5% of global emissions [1]
Maritime shipping: 4.0% of global emissions [2]
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/climate/air-travel-emissi...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_shippi...
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#4The quality of clothing has gone downhill over the years. Both the fabric and the stitching. They just fall apart faster.
At least it creates jobs for the younger generation.
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#5That's interesting. I was thinking about this a lot over the past 2-3 weeks. The sheer amount of clothing lying in all the shops across the world.
Talk a walk into any Macy's / Bloomingdales / Hudsons Bay and count the number of items of clothing.
Then multiply that across that one store's chain of shops. Then realize there are multiple chains like that. Then realize there are multiple stores not in chains. Then realize that's just the geographic area you're aware of. Then think about other cities, counties, regions, provinces, countries.
Then remember all the clothing you have at home already...
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#6Well I hope the FKK party emerges out of this one.
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#7I don't believe it, actually. Considering how much waste I use wrt food .. clothes seem much less wasteful. But, who is to know?
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#8Seems like we need to bring back "Make Do and Mend": https://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/large106365.html
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#9I don't believe it, actually. Considering how much waste I use wrt food .. clothes seem much less wasteful. But, who is to know?
I don't see a comparison to food here... just flying and shipping via boat.
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#10In Europe, fashion companies went from an average offering of two collections per year in 2000 to five in 2011.
And a lot of it is zany garbage.
Plus, fashion helps promote a lot of warped body image issues.