The Fast Fashion Backlash Is Fueling a Sustainability Revolution
Scientific American
JUNE 17, 2025
And because roughly 60 percent of global textiles now contain plastic derived from fossil fuels, it is estimated that more than a third of the microplastics in the oceans today were shed from clothing. ” Projections indicate that by 2030 the world will be producing 134 million tons of textile waste every year. In the U.S.
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