Billions of pounds of textiles, mostly clothes, end up in landfills every year in the U.S. alone, an amount that has only increased since the '60s. Now, actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie is starting a new company aiming to help reduce waste.
Doing so also poses a problem for the environment and climate change. from environmental sustainability consultancy Quantis found that the fashion industry plays a large role in environmental and climate problems globally, releasing 3,290 million metric tons – about 3.6 billion tons – of carbon dioxide equivalent a year.
"If we could double the lifespan of garments, we would be reducing the fashion industry's greenhouse gas emissions by 44%," INTEXTER director Enric Carrera said."Extending the active life of clothing by just nine months would already reduce carbon, water and waste footprint by 20-30%."
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