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How much textile waste does the fashion industry produce?

Premium editorial infographic showing a large flat-vector clothing price tag divided into two columns: the left shows what consumers pay ($20 for an average fast fashion garment), while the right column reveals what it actually costs — roughly 10% of global carbon emissions (more than all flights and shipping combined, per UNEP 2023), 20% of global industrial wastewater (World Bank 2020), 92 million tonnes of annual textile waste equivalent to a garbage truck every second, and garment workers in Bangladesh earning a minimum of $113 per month against a living wage demand of $210. A bold red callout below the tag notes that less than 1% of clothing is ever recycled. Based on UNEP, World Bank, Fair Labor Association, and Ellen MacArthur Foundation primary data. Part of MacroDiscovery's "Visualized: The Economics of Fast Fashion."

By Sukh Dhaliwal

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August 12, 2026

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