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Textile Waste Facts
A free 30-minute course about global textile pollution, environmental justice, and structural solutions created by the Aftermath Learning Lab in partnership with MFC Tie-Dye Inc. and the MFI Foundation. Learn more.
Each piece of clothing in the Aftermath sculpture represents 30.8 million pounds of clothes...
Together the 1,105 pieces of clothing in the sculpture represent the 34 billion pounds of textile waste that were generated in the U.S. in 2018.
Where does textile waste go?
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66%
of textile waste is sent to landfills in the U.S.
19%
of textile waste is sent to incinerators in the U.S.
15%
of textile waste is recycled in the U.S. or sent abroad
Where does textile waste go?
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66%
of textile waste is sent to landfills in the U.S.
19%
of textile waste is sent to incinerators in the U.S.
15%
of textile waste is recycled in the U.S. or sent abroad
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