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WorksheetsArticle: Environmental Sustainability in the Fashion Industry
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is the estimated value of the clothing industry?
USD 3 trillion
USD 500 billion
USD 2.5 trillion
USD 1.3 trillion
By how much has global fibre production increased from 2000 to 2022?
It has remained the same
It has tripled
It has doubled
It has decreased
What percentage of all textiles go to the dump each year?
25%
50%
10%
85%
How much water does the textile value chain use per year?
215 trillion litres
100 trillion litres
50 trillion litres
500 trillion litres
What percentage of materials used by the fashion industry are made from plastic?
90%
10%
30%
60%
What is the estimated amount of microfibers released into the ocean each year from washing clothes?
1 million tons
500,000 tons
50,000 tons
100,000 tons
What percentage of global carbon emissions is the fashion industry responsible for?
2-8%
10-15%
20-25%
30-35%
What percentage of material used to produce clothing is recycled into new clothing?
50%
25%
10%
Less than 1%
What is the main focus of the Better Cotton Initiative?
To make global cotton production better for people and the environment
To reduce the cost of cotton production
To increase the production of synthetic fibers
To promote fast fashion
What is the goal of the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action?
To increase the use of plastic in textiles
To achieve net-zero emissions by 2050
To double the production of textiles by 2050
To reduce the cost of fashion products
What is Fast Fashion?
Fast fashion is going on a shopping spree with a short time limit.
Fast fashion can be defined as cheap, trendy clothing that that is made quickly to copy catwalk or celebrity styles to meet consumer demand.
What athletes wear in track and field events to go faster
What is Globalisation?
the process by which businesses or other organisations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
When someone is well travelled and has visited many countries around the world
