Think twice, what and where you buy matters and you can make the difference. “Fashion is a $2.4 trillion global sector that hires 70 million people worldwide and is the second biggest polluter after the oil industry.”
Stop buying crap, and companies will stop making crap
It’s hard to believe that our purchasing decisions have any impact on the fashion industry. But this week, we saw that they do.
Since 2000, the average number of times a consumer wears an item before throwing it away has dropped by 36%, and many people use a garment only eight to 10 times before chucking it. These habits are contributing to the destruction of the environment. Every year, 85% of all textiles produced end up in landfills or the ocean. And since most clothes these days are made from plastic-based synthetic fibers, these garments might take hundreds of years to decompose.
The North Face’s latest quest? Clothes that last forever
The North Face is sending its designers back to school to learn how to reuse, repair, and improve the longevity of the garments they make.