Nearly half (44%) of every T-shirt goes to waste before you even buy it
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- Approximately 44% of textile material is lost during production before garments reach stores.
- Less than 1% of used clothing globally is recycled into new textiles, with a maximum of 17% of fibers from a T-shirt being reused under current systems.
- Improving production efficiency and recycling could increase recyclable material to 44% and reduce environmental impacts like greenhouse gas emissions by up to 10% and other effects by 20–25%.