Lewis Perkins@lewisperkinsCradle to Cradle Product Innovation Ken Alterman@SaversVVillageSaversVikram SahneyREI

Tony Shumpert@SaversVVillageSaversJen Boynten@jenboyntenTriplePundit

Breakfast Presentation Hosted by Savers –Rethinking Reuse to Prevent Landfills from Becoming Laundry Piles

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Laundry pile or landfill?

North Americans now consume more than 80 billion pieces of new clothing every year

The State of Reuse

Survey respondents said: they throw away an average of 4.7 trash bags

Key Finding #1 People throw out a lot of clothing

Research says: closer to over 8 trash bags of clothing are thrown out

Overflowing closets are the #1 reminder for U.S. donors to take action.

Key Finding #2 Why they donate

Key Finding #3 Why they don’t donate

54 percent did not donate because they didn’t think any donation center would take them

1 in 3 reported not knowing whether more than 90 percent of textiles could be recycled

Key Finding #4 Why people shop reuse

To save money

More than half of North Americans say they are more likely to reuse after learning

about the clothing industry’s environmental impact

Key Finding #5 Educational opportunity

It’s time to RETHINK REUSE