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How is fast fashion contributing to landfill in Australia and what impact…
How is fast fashion contributing to landfill in Australia and what impact this has on the environment?
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Landfill
Clothing made from polyester, which is essentially a plastic, takes up to 200 years to breakdown in landfill.
natural fibre like cotton or wool can biodegrade and compost, but actually landfill is not the right conditions for compost. Wool leaks a type of ammonia in landfill
Global consumption of clothes doubled between 2000 and 2014. #
On a global average, each person buys 5kg of clothes per year.
In developed countries, including Australia, each person buys 16kg of clothing per year.
Apparel consumption is projected to rise further, from 62 million tonnes to 102 million tonnes in 2030.
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Currently 80 per cent of all clothing produced ends up in
incinerators or landfill, and only 20 per cent is recycled. #
Similar researches found that almost 60% of all clothing produced is disposed of within a year of production. To put that into context, that is one rubbish truck per second ending up in landfill (Nature Climate Change, 2018).
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Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions #
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