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Textile waste - Coggle Diagram
Textile waste
Waste facts and figures
Each Briton throws away 1kg of textiles every year on average
£140 million worth of clothing goes to landfill
Two tonnes of new clothing are bought every minute
Buying a single white cotton shirt produces the same emissions as driving 35 miles in a car
Textile production releases 2 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere annually
The fashion industry is responsible for 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions
It takes around 2,700 litres of water to make one cotton shirt
Issues in textiles
People not aware of the problem
No large scale of knowledge
No publicity
Lots of information hidden from public
Issues have been covered up
Very few organisations focusing on it
Fashion shifts
Globalized trends mean that everybody is aware of changing fashion trends
Global knowledge trends
Large quantities of clothing are produced for each trend shift
Trends dont last long before being replaced
Things go "out of style" fast
No change
No awareness
No large companies promoting change
very little that people can do on a small scale
Price of clothing
Retail clothing is cheaper than buying from small buisnesses
Sustainable clothing is expensive
Mass produced clothing is too cheap
Clothing is mass produced for cost benefits but is wasted
Fashion styles
New
Fashionable
Trendy
Modern clothing
Whatever the fashion of the week is
Old
Eras
modern
90s
00s
70s
2010s
80s
Historic
Remakes
Victorian
Georgian
Before the 1900s
Timeless
Basic
Can be worn with anything
Neutral colours
Few patterns
Potential products
Products
Dress
Worn by a celebrity for publicity
Easily be shown that its made from bed sheets
Worn as an everyday dress or a special events dress
Top
Fashionable
Timeless
Not basic
Sustainably made
By hand or hand controlled machine
Not shipped far
Made and sold locally
Service/brand
Raise awareness about the issues that surround it
Provide clothes for people in need
Refugees
High poverty areas
Housebound people
What I can include
Target audience
Young people
Teenagers
Buy the most clothes
Often shop a lot
Are considered fashionable
Females
Women are stereotyped as to buy more clothes
Targeted advertisement in fashion
high street shops target females
Woman's fashion industry is larger than mens
Selling points
Eco-friendly
Sustainable
Handmade
Fashionable
Could be made by consumers