The average American throws away 80 pounds of clothing per year.

That’s over 26 billion pounds annually.
Most of it ends up in landfills or incinerators.
Most donated clothing ends up in landfills.

The rest are often shipped to countries in the Global South, overwhelming communities with mountains of unwanted garments, polluting coastlines, and harming local economies.
Synthetic fabrics take 200 years to decompose.

These materials — which now make up over 60% of clothing — release harmful chemicals as they degrade and also shed microplastics with every wash, polluting our oceans, soil, drinking water, and even the air we breathe.
Fast fashion teaches disposability

How we shop today is shaping how the next generation values
(or devalues) their belongings.