Ocean of unnecessary clothing is overwhelming us

Every year, the average European gets rid of about 11-15 kg of textile products, including clothing. For every five clothes produced, three end up in a landfill or are incinerated, according to McKinsey data. Only a small percentage goes into the secondary circulation, although even these are huge quantities.

“In our sorting facility, 350 metric tonnes of unnecessary clothing pass through every day. On an annual basis, this is 84 million kg. This is an amount that would fill four Congress Halls in the Palace of Culture and Science,” Monika Lipnicka, an expert on the secondary circulation of clothing at the Wtórpol company, said.

According to data from the European Commission, global production of textile products in the years 2000-2015 almost doubled, and the consumption of clothing and footwear will increase by 63 percent b y 2030.

“The vast majority of unnecessary clothes, which we often buy under the influence of emotions, will end up in a landfill. There, its fate is only one – it will slowly decompose for hundreds of years,” Monika Lipnicka added.

(Newseria)