Cotton Incorporated* has dropped its top-line report on the global assessment of plastic leakage.
The global apparel market is responsible for 8.3 million metric tons (14 percent) of plastic leakage every year as the fashion industry generates a whopping 8.3 million tons of plastic waste, give or take. For scale, it’s the same weight as if 820 Eiffel Towers were built year after year, the report reads – almost nine times the weight of the Golden Gate Bridge.