Why care?

Textiles, which includes clothing, has the fourth highest impact on the environment and climate change, after food, housing and transport.

Over 100 billion new items of clothing are made every year.

Less than 1% of material used to produce clothing is recycled into new clothing.

Wearing the clothes you already have for an extra 9 months can reduce their carbon footprint by 25%.

The fashion industry is estimated to be responsible for 10% of global carbon emissions, however only 31% of Irish people see a link between purchasing textiles and climate change.

Recent research from the Environmental Protection Agency found that textiles such as clothing and household textiles make up 9% of waste in the general waste bin.

For more information on the environmental impact that clothing and textiles have on our environment, visit mywaste.ie - Clothes and textiles.