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•The fast fashion industry is responsible for emission of an estimate of 1.2 billion tons of CO2 per year. •The fast fashion contributes to the production of 20% of global wastewater. Which contaminates all kinds of water bodies •40 million people have a job in the garment industry. Most being paid under minimum wage and in very poor working conditions. •85% of our old clothes end up in landfill. •20,000 litres of water is needed to produce 1kg of cotton. That is equivalent to 1 t-shirt and a pair of jeans. •around 400 billion square meters of fabric are produced each year but 60 billion of that are left as scraps which ends up in landfills •a single t-shirt needs 2,700 litres of water to make. That’s the amount of water an average person drinks over 3 years.
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