Fast Fashion Calculator:
From tops to trousers, at Online Gambling we’ve analyzed the environmental impact of the top five most popular pieces of clothing. Find out which item produces the biggest waste and learn tips on creating a greener wardrobe from our fashion influencers!
T-shirt
85% cotton, weight - 160g
Jumper
80% wool, weight – 265g
Leather Jacket
03sq of leather, weight – 3.5kg
Jeans
80% denim, weight – 620g
Shorts
80% denim, weight – 200g
Our Expert Contributors
Most women only wear about 20% of their closet.
If everybody in the US bought one piece of vintage clothing as opposed to a new piece, we would save roughly 6 million kilograms of carbon emissions on the planet!
Fashion Revolution reports that 150 billion items of clothing are delivered out of factories annually yet Americans alone throw away approximately 14 million tonnes of garments each year, that’s over 36 kg per person.
Fast fashion manufactures employ garment workers whom are women and underage children with earnings of $96 a month, making it all but impossible of making a living wage.