According to statistics:
- 1 jeans = 1,850 gallons of water to process
- 1 T-shirt = 715 gallons of water to process
- 23,000,000 gallons per day of mostly untreated wastewater
into the Noyyal River, India.
- 15 million items are unloaded every week in Kantamanto, Ghana.
40% of them are turned into garbage or burned in the slums of Accra.
- Water pollution from the fashion industry has made people
in garment-producing countries in the risk contract cancer at least 2,000 times that of the average person.
- Textile-dyeing accounts for up to 1/5 of the world's industrial water pollution.
- Today around 8,000 synthetic chemicals are used throughout the world
to turn raw materials into textiles.
- In the US, less than 14% of discarded clothing and footwear is recycled.
- Only 10% of the old clothes you donate go to second hand stores and reach the end user.
- Africa receives about 70% of the world's second-hand clothing.
How can we make our world a better place?
Minimalist living trend is the hottest keyword ever in today's life. It helps us control our own expenditure on clothes.
We don't buy things just because we like except they really need.
Greeny Hanger helps you simplify your life and have joy from helping others.
All recycled products from Greeny Hanger will be sold online and support the WaterSchool Fund.
At WaterSchool we tackle the water crisis from all sides because we know that when families are healthy and young people stay in school, communities flourish and economies thrive.
Visit WaterSchool Fund website