It takes an average of 8,000 liters of water to make a single pair of cotton jeans. This corresponds to roughly 50 well-filled bathtubs.
Carbon dioxide emissions from textile production are 1.2 billion tonnes each year. That is more than the combined emissions from all air traffic and all traffic at sea.
Synthetic clothing (for example polyester) accounts for microplastic emissions into the oceans equivalent to more than 50 billion plastic bottles each year.
A T-shirt that is recycled saves 13.5 bathtubs filled with water as well as carbon dioxide and chemicals that both damage the environment and also those who work in production.
In the last 15 years, clothing production has almost doubled. This is due to a growing middle class globally. In addition, a garment is used today on average 36 percent fewer times than 15 years ago.
If development in the fashion industry continues at the current rate, it will account for a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide emission budget in 2050.
