CIRCULAR FASHION

1. Circular Fashion
Imagining a zero-waste future
Gordon Ching

4. Fashion Industry
$3 trillion dollar industry employing 100M+
the world’s #2 most polluting industry, after oil
2nd highest clean water consumer
consumes 25% of chemical produced worldwide

5. Real economic impact
60% of 500 global companies have already experienced detrimental impacts
of water. For example, in 2011 clothing-maker Gap cut its profit forecast by
22% after drought cut into the cotton crop in Texas.

6. Take Make Waste
Linear Economy

7. Reuse
Recycle
Remake
Circular Economy

9. Natural Fibres (Cotton)

10. Natural Fibres (Cotton) Synthetic Fibres (Polyester)

13. Environmental Protection Agency:
•15% of American consumers recycled.
•85% ended up in the landfill.
•15% already equates to removing 1M cars
off the road.
Recycling challenge

14. In Vancouver, a 2015 waste analysis showed the
average person in the region throws out 19
kilograms, or 42 pounds, of textiles every year.

15. In the US and EU, approximately 20
million tonnes of textile waste is
landfilled or incinerated every year.
Of these discarded textiles, 95% could
be re-worn or recycled.

16. Recycling Usage
Reused
50%
Stuffing & Insulation
20%
Industrial Rags
30%

18. H&M’s 2017 conscious collection
using recycled polyester from
plastic shoreline waste.

20. It costed New York City $20.6 million
annually to ship textiles to landfills and
incinerators

21. NYC banned all textiles from the landfill
and launched reFashioNYC, a textile
waste program that has diverted
200,000 tons of textile waste.

22. Reuse
Recycle
Remake
Circular Economy

24. Fashion is a
reflection
of our times.
- Anna Wintour

25. You are what you wear

26. Continue the conversation
Gordon Ching
gordon@dsolve.ca
www.dsolve.ca
@gdondon