McKinsey study: At least one-fifth of textile waste could be reused for new garments
A recent study by McKinsey ”Scaling textile recycling in Europe – turning waste into value ”, shows that investments in textile recycling would reduce CO2 emissions by 4 million tons – while creating some 15,000 jobs in Europe by 2030. On average, each person in Europe* produces more than 15 kilograms of textile waste each year. Less than 1 percent of this waste is currently recycled into new textile products. With the right measures, this figure could rise to 18–