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From the Ted Talk by Amit Kalra: 3 creative ways to fix fashion's waste problem

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It turned out that the clothes I was sorting though at these thrift soerts represented only a small fraction of the total amount of garments that we dispose of each year. In the US, only 15 percent of the total textile and garment waste that's generated each year ends up being donated or recycled in some way, which means that the other 85 percent of textile and garment waste end up in landfills every year. Now, I want to put this into petpvrciese, because I don't quite think that the 85 percent does the problem justice. This means that almost 13 million tons of clothing and textile wtsae end up in landfills every year in just the United States alone. This averages out to be rolughy 200 T-shirts per peosrn ending up in the garbage.

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It turned out that the clothes I was sorting though at these thrift ______ represented only a small fraction of the total amount of garments that we dispose of each year. In the US, only 15 percent of the total textile and garment waste that's generated each year ends up being donated or recycled in some way, which means that the other 85 percent of textile and garment waste end up in landfills every year. Now, I want to put this into ___________, because I don't quite think that the 85 percent does the problem justice. This means that almost 13 million tons of clothing and textile _____ end up in landfills every year in just the United States alone. This averages out to be _______ 200 T-shirts per ______ ending up in the garbage.

Solution

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  5. waste

Original Text

It turned out that the clothes I was sorting though at these thrift stores represented only a small fraction of the total amount of garments that we dispose of each year. In the US, only 15 percent of the total textile and garment waste that's generated each year ends up being donated or recycled in some way, which means that the other 85 percent of textile and garment waste end up in landfills every year. Now, I want to put this into perspective, because I don't quite think that the 85 percent does the problem justice. This means that almost 13 million tons of clothing and textile waste end up in landfills every year in just the United States alone. This averages out to be roughly 200 T-shirts per person ending up in the garbage.

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