Up to 79 % of our wardrobes are rarely or never worn. 87 % of all clothes sold in the EU are incinerated or landfilled. By 2030 it’s expected that there will be 148 million tons of apparel and footwear waste. In the US alone, at least 300 million pairs of shoes are thrown away each year. These shoes end up in landfills, where they can take 30 to 40 years to decompose.

Up to 92 million tonnes of waste and 79 trillion liters of water are consumed per year to make garments. Outdoor products are manufactured of mostly non-renewable resources like oil to produce synthetic fibers for clothing, footwear, and outdoor equipment, and chemicals to produce, dye and finish fibers and textiles. The constant production of new goods puts enormous pressure on our natural resources.
Production of textiles uses over 3,500 different chemicals.

80 % of the climate impact of clothing consumption occurs during the production phase. Using a garment twice as many times, almost halves the garment’s environmental impact. The clothing and footwear industry accounts for up to 10 % of the global greenhouse gas emissions. The industry generates a lot of greenhouse gases during the production, manufacturing, and transportation processes of millions of garments purchased each year. This is more than all the international flights and maritime shipping combined.