Quiz on the consumption of resources in the fashion industry
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Question 4: Emitting greenhouse gases
What volume of greenhouse gas emissions are caused by the clothing and textile industry each year?
600.000 - 800.000 tonnes of CO2
150 - 300 Millionen tonnes ofCO2
1.200 - 1.715 Millionen tonnes of CO2
Correct.
The fashion industry emits 1,200 – 1,715 million tonnes of CO2each year. The manufacture of ten pairs of jeans alone produces the same amount of dangerous climate gases as a flight from Berlin to Munich.
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