10,000 litres of water is needed to produce one kg of cotton.
Half a million tonnes of plastic microfibers shed during the washing of plastic-based textiles such as polyester, nylon, or acrylic end up in the ocean annually.
1,214 litres of blue water (water from irrigation as opposed to rain water) is needed to produce 1 kg of lint.
20,000 liters of water is needed to produce one kg of cotton.
Estimates suggest as much as 95 percent of clothes discarded in the US could be used again—re-worn, reused or recycled—depending on the state of the textile wastes.
Nearly three-fifths of all clothing produced ends up in incinerators or landfills within a year of being made.
From June 2018-June 2019 China produced 51.95 Billion meters of textiles.
If H&M raised the cost for a t-shirt by an additional 12 to 25 cents, it could allow the worker to earn a living wage.
Today 54% of garment workers in Bangladesh are women.
In 2013 80% of garment workers in Bangladesh were women.
300 million people work in the clothing industry value chain.
There are 75 million garment industry workers globally.
16% of all pesticides used worldwide are used to grow conventional cotton.
Total greenhouse gas emissions from textiles production, at 1.2 billion tonnes annually, is more than those of all international flights and maritime shipping combined.
There are an estimated 2.5m textile workers – mostly women – working in more than 4,200 garment factories in Bangladesh.
