According to the article Australians are the worst in the world for clothing waste, on average buying 56 clothing items per person per year. That is fucking insane. I would say on average I buy maybe two clothing items per year. In my poverty time there were many years where that number was zero.
If food waste is a concern, I wonder if US-style leftover culture will spread, except I don't know how that might impact disposable container consumption.
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MutilationWave@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
According to the article Australians are the worst in the world for clothing waste, on average buying 56 clothing items per person per year. That is fucking insane. I would say on average I buy maybe two clothing items per year. In my poverty time there were many years where that number was zero.
Does anyone have worldwide data on these stats?
Taleya@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
Fucken hell. Does that include things bought second hand? Literally the only new things i buy these days are underwear / bras and socks.
essell@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Where as the only things I buy second hand are bras and socks
Taleya@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
Hope you're not wearing those bras, they go bad and it's terrible support.
Depending on the size, wonderful to repurpose as rat hammocks, light-hearted siege engines or yarmulkes though
CrayonMaster@midwest.social · 2 pts · 1y
Maybe it's counting each individual sock as a clothing item? Like so a 6 pack counts as 12 items? Even then though it breaks my brain to read.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
This could potentially be made another EU Citizens Initiative.
tinycarnivoroussheep@possumpat.io · 1 pts · 1y
If food waste is a concern, I wonder if US-style leftover culture will spread, except I don't know how that might impact disposable container consumption.