Garson & Shaw's September Newsletter Quiz

What is H&M's newest collection called?

H&M believes that by recycling old clothes and creating new textile fibre and providing customers vouchers to purchase more and new clothes at H&M, then everybody wins.

Fast fashion is:

Many secondhand stores reject items from fast-fashion chains because the clothing is poor quality, has low resale value, and there's too much of it.

According to the EPA, what percentage of unwanted clothes in 2012 in the US went to a landfill or incinerator?

________________ will take hundreds of years to biodegrade since they are a type of plastic made from petroleum.

In less than 20 years, the amount of clothing Americans toss each year has doubled from ________________.

Re-Fashion NYC collects used clothing using bins throughout New York City, since 2011 how many pounds of textiles have been diverted from landfills?

According to the Council for Textile Recycling, charities sell only _________ of the clothing donated to them.

By 2004, what percentage of purchased clothing was secondhand?

Secondhand clothing trade creates jobs not only in selling but also ______, ________, and _________.