Plastic leakage assessment of global fashion industry

A first-of-its-kind global assessment of #plastic waste and leakage from the apparel industry was published in Nature Communications in 2024. 

This study estimated 8.3 million metric tons of plastic are released into the environment from the global production, use and disposal of apparel each year driven by synthetic apparel. This is the equivalent of 820 times the mass of the Eiffel Tower. 

 This includes 7.4 million metric tons of synthetic clothing and packaging, encompassing everything from #microplastic fibers shed during washing to large, mismanaged plastic waste. 

 This study sheds light on the apparel industry's role in plastic pollution and highlights key interventions needed to curb plastic waste and leakage. 

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