Re:How to buy clothes that are built to last
by fuzz4lyfe on Friday September 27, 2019 @03:53PM
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Your source continues...
EPA estimates that the generation of clothing and footwear was 11.9 million tons in 2015 (4.5 percent of total MSW)
If 4.5% in the majority, they have too many categories.
Re:How to buy clothes that are built to last
by dredmorbius on Saturday September 28, 2019 @01:51AM
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There are two different denominators here.
The first is that clothing is the majority of textile waste.
The second is that textiles are 4.5% of all MSW.
Which means that clothing is >2.25% of all MSW.
I can believe that consumer clothing wouldn't make up a majority, but I really want a breakdown of that textile waste now, instead of the NYT or cwkoss's ready-to-eat opinions.
Edit: here is the EPA's study
The main source of textiles in municipal solid waste (MSW) is discarded clothing, although other smaller sources include furniture, carpets, tires, footwear, and other nondurable goods such as sheets and towels.
https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-...