The Environmental Benefits of Buying Used Jeans

Blue jeans are among the most-worn articles of clothing on Earth. Unfortunately for the planet, the production of this garment takes a huge environmental toll – diminishing Earth’s water and energy resources, causing pollution, and contributing to climate change.

A single pair of cotton jeans consumes between 10,000 and 20,000 litres (2,600-5,300 gallons) of water along its supply chain. Add to that large doses of synthetic pesticides, fertilisers, dyes and other chemicals that pollute soils and waterbodies, impacting wildlife and people, plus major energy expenditures that generate high greenhouse gas emissions. (Source: Mongabay)

If 1 million of us bought our next pair of jeans secondhand, we’d stop 7 million tonnes of carbon pollution from entering our atmosphere. (Source: 1 Million Women)

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