• MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    According to the article Australians are the worst in the world for clothing waste, on average buying 56 clothing items per person per year. That is fucking insane. I would say on average I buy maybe two clothing items per year. In my poverty time there were many years where that number was zero.

    Does anyone have worldwide data on these stats?

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      13 days ago

      Fucken hell. Does that include things bought second hand? Literally the only new things i buy these days are underwear / bras and socks.

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          13 days ago

          Hope you’re not wearing those bras, they go bad and it’s terrible support.

          Depending on the size, wonderful to repurpose as rat hammocks, light-hearted siege engines or yarmulkes though

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      12 days ago

      Maybe it’s counting each individual sock as a clothing item? Like so a 6 pack counts as 12 items? Even then though it breaks my brain to read.

  • tinycarnivoroussheep@possumpat.io
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    12 days ago

    If food waste is a concern, I wonder if US-style leftover culture will spread, except I don’t know how that might impact disposable container consumption.