Textile waste

How large a share of the annual clothing consumption ends up as waste, and why are textiles discarded? On this page you will find:

  • Statistics on discarded textiles
  • The top ten types of clothes that are thrown away
  • Reasons for why clothes are disposed of 
  • Read more about this in the final report in chapter 4.2.1
  • See the webinar presentations here
  • Download PDF-version of Visual Highlights