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Nearly half of every T-shirt goes to waste before you even buy it
- May 26, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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The global consumption of clothing is enormous. However, a significant portion of the textile fibers is lost before the garments even reach the market. "When we talk about textile waste, the debate often focuses on the clothes we throw away. But the problem starts much earlier," explained former NTNU master's student Rakib Ahmed, currently a researcher at SINTEF Industry.
Originally published at Phys.org