84% of fast fashion items/textile waste goes to landfills (EPA)
In NYC only, 400 million lbs of clothes go to waste annually
Textiles take 200+ years to decompose
Aluminum can: 250 years to decompose
Plastic bottle: 450 years to decompose
Styrofoam: never decomposes
Globally, 2.3 million tons of Styrofoam, or Expanded polystyrene (EPS), find its way to landfills every year
While EPS is recyclable, it is very porous and often serves its purpose as food packaging, so many recycling programs cannot accept it as it won’t be recycled efficiently