[V__]

> an estimated 4-9% of unsold textiles are destroyed before ever being worn.

That is a crazy amount.

[garaetjjte]

Is it? 4-9% of unsold portion seems reasonable. Unless they actually mean 4-9% of all manufactured.

https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/the-destr...

Oh, it's really percentage of all produced. Weird that they worded it in a way that makes their argument weaker.

>Based on available studies, an estimated 4-9% of all textile products put on the market in Europe are destroyed before use, amounting to between 264,000 and 594,000 tonnes of textiles destroyed each year.

[s0rce]

This number seems low, so >90% of unsold clothes are worn? Are they all donated? 4-9% of unsold clothes could be defective/damaged or something.

[blitzar]

I would have guessed, with no real basis whatsoever, that 4-9% of all manufactured clothes would be destroyed without ever being used.

[plorkyeran]

I would have guessed a much higher number, and the number possibly being as low as 4% seems like good news to me.