Our addiction to quick, cheap fashion is adding 101 million tons to landfills each year — and the holidays are only going to make it worse

Dec 22 2022 by Business Insider

 
Millions of tons of clothes are thrown out each year and are piling up in landfills across the globe.

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The boom in quick, cheap knock-offs is creating a looming environmental disaster

The fashion industry has a staggering garbage problem.

Every year more than 100 billion apparel items are created by the industry — enough for every person on Earth to get 14 new pieces of clothing each year,...

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