Americans gain 16 pounds

Infographic viaSlowfashioned.com

The last time I saw the statistics about Americans' annual textile waste, each person was chucking 68 pounds (31 kg) of t-shirts, bedspreads and carpets into the landfill. A recent post by Slowfashioned now claims that we're now throwing away 83.9 lbs (38 kg) of textiles each year, a 5.2% of the total waste stream, the equivalent of 191 t-shirts.

191 t-shirts for each of us, every year?

Those Forever 21, Zara and Uniqlo masterpieces sure don't last too long, do they?

Slow Fashioned is an online magazine whose mission is to raise awareness about the environmental impact of fashion consumption, and to challenge consumers to make informed, lower impact clothing buys. The site is an interesting and useful resource (@slowfashioned on Twitter) and promises more enlightening infographics on related topics to come.