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Sweden drowns in discarded fast fashion items (www.france24.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Swedes throw away 90,000 tonnes of textiles per year, or 10 kilogrammes (22 pounds) per person, according to the Swedish Society for the Conservation of Nature.

The EU average is 19 kilogrammes, according to 2022 statistics, up from 17 in 2019, data from the European Environment Agency showed

Is it just me or does that sound extremely high? Especially for an average, meaning there are outliers to well above that figure.

Is there anything heavy that drives up those numbers that I can't think of? Or is there an industrial use that gets mixed into those numbers that you don't see as a consumer? Because I just can't imagine going through 10kg or even 19+kg of clothing per year.

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