18th December review

Clothing is the largest share of textiles use in the EU at 81% of consumption

• True

• False

Between 1996 and 2018 clothing prices in the EU decreased by over what %?

• 20%

• 30%

• 50%

• 75%

The average Irish person Purchases how many kg of clothes every year – that’s roughly 3 new garments a month

• 10kg

• 17kg

• 2kg

• 25kg

Fashion contributes to an estimated 10% of CO2 emissions globally. That’s more than all of road transport True or False?

• True

• False

About what % of fibres used in clothing are synthetic, mainly polyester.

• 50%

• 75%

• 60%

• 5%

It is estimated that less than what % of all textiles worldwide are recycled into new textiles

• 1

• 5

• 15

• 25

What % of spent textiles are put in commercial textile banks or donated to charity banks and shops

• less than 20%

• less than 50%

• More than 50%

• More than 75%

Europe produces how many tones of plastic per year?

• more than 50 million

• more than 100 million

• less than 50 million

• less than 10 million

Consumption of plastics is expected to what in the coming 20 years

• half

• double

In 2019 Ireland generated a wile pile of packaging waste – how much kg per person?

• 50

• 75

• 100

• 200