consumption based lifestyle

• Fast Fashion (Clean Up.Org)

  • On average, every Australian buys 56 items of clothing yearly. 
  • Year on year, the price of clothing continues to drastically decrease, while the negative impacts on the environment as a result of this fashion increases. 
  • According to GreenPeace, the average person buys 60% more clothing and keeps them for about half as long as a year ago.
• • Each Australian disposes an average 23 kilograms of clothing to landfill each year, with not systematic resources for the collection of such.
  • The average person only wears 40% of their clothes. 
  • Of the clothes that go to charity, it is estimated that only 15% are resold, with the rest being sent to landfill or overseas and developing nations. 
  • Further, landfill means that materials can take up to hundreds of years to break down, releasing methane and microplastics into the soil and eventually water streams. 
• • The fashion industry is responsible for an estimated 10% of global CO2 emissions.