Clothing waste: how is it Affecting our planet?
Waste is produced in all levels of organization and industries. it's not possible for an organization or industry to run without producing waste. Apparel industry is a huge consumer of resources and produce waste in a tremendous amount. here's 10 facts on Apparel industry and it's impact on our planet. 1. Need of high resource intensity for production of clothes makes it a prime source for environmental degradation in clothing life cycle.it affects environment heavily, due to it's voluminous use of water, energy and chemicals. 2. According to UN projections for 2050 we will require 3 planets to provide natural resource to support current lifestyle with estimated population of 9.6 million people. 3. Huge amount of clothing wastes are land-filled every year. in which, 45% of waste can be used as secondhand clothing, 30% can be cut into pieces and used as industrial rags and 20% can be degraded after land-filling. only 5% of clothing wastes are usele...