Thrifting Can Help Solve the
Fashion Waste Crisis

Our love for constant newness has come at too high a price for our planet.
Shopping secondhand reduces the cost of fashion by giving new life to used
clothes. Resale moves us one step closer to a circular fashion future.

​New clothing production
​is hurting the planet.

One new garment takes 77 gallons of water and creates 17 lbs. of CO2e.
Over 100 billion garments are produced each year which is 2X more than 15 years ago.

Perfectly good clothing
is being discarded.

1 in 2 people throw their clothes straight in
​the trash.
73% of apparel is sent to landfill or incinerated, 95% of which could be reused or recycled.

Extending the life of
clothes fights fashion waste.

Shopping secondhand displaces the need for new clothing productions and diverts items from landfills.
Buying one used item reduces its carbon, waste, and water footprints by 82%.

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