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Globally, only 18% of plastics waste are recycled, and 24% are incinerated. The remaining 58% are either landfilled or enter the natural environment, where plastics accumulate and persist for a long period of time. (1)

Ortega, who was said to be a gadgeteer by inclination, bought his first computer in 1976. At the time, his operations encompassed just four factories and two stores but were already making it clear that what (other) buyers ordered from his factories was different from what his store data told him customers wanted

Inditex (Industria de Diseño Textil) of Spain, the owner of Zara and five other apparel retailing chains, continued a trajectory of rapid, profitable growth by posting net income of € € 340 million on revenues of € € 3,250 million in its fiscal year 2001 (ending January 31, 2002). Inditex had had a heavily oversubscribed Initial Public Offering in... See more

As he moved up through that company, he apparently developed a heightened awareness of how costs piled up through the apparel chain

Finally, nearly 700 marine species have been observed to interact directly with plastics marine debris through ingestion, entanglement, and/or smothering. (17)

At the Tianjin Yuhua Garment Factory in China a young woman earns 23 cents an hour. For over 60 hours a week she sews clothing to be sold in Wal-Mart stores across the U.S. She works in a sweatshop, but the profit margins from her sweat are not enough for some. Soon she may be laid off, as Wal-Mart moves its contract to a privately owned factory in... See more