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Your source continues... EPA estimates that the generation of clothing and footwear was 11.9 million tons in 2015 (4.5 percent of total MSW) If 4.5% in the ma

Your source continues... EPA estimates that the generation of clothing and footwear was 11.9 million tons in 2015 (4.5 percent of total MSW) If 4.5% in the majority, they have too many categories.

dredmorbius 7y ago
There are two different denominators here. The first is that clothing is the majority of textile waste. The second is that textiles are 4.5% of all MSW. Which means that clothing is >2.25% of all MSW.