11,300 MILLION TONS OF TEXTILES WERE SENT TO LANDFILLS IN 2018 #BUYSECONDHAND

Hi! I'm Maura. Some of my favorite brands are Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and Vivienne Westwood. Thanks for stopping by! Feel free to leave me a comment so that I can check out your closet, too. If you have any suggestions for this newbie, bring them on por favor!!! The resale economy is having a moment. The market grew by 53% between 2015 and 2020 and is projected to more than double by 2030, according to a 2021 report by the online shopping platform Mercari and market research firm GlobalData. In 2018, 13% of clothing and footwear in the U.S. was recycled the EPA reports, which amounts to over 2 million tons. That may sound impressive--until you learn 11,300 million tons of textiles were sent to landfills the same year. Dumping bags of old clothes into donation bins may not be an eco-solution. Rather, making a concerted effort to buy and wear resale fashion helps limit your personal impact on this global problem.