The world consumes about 80 billion pieces of new clothing each year and the average American creates 81 pounds of textile waste annually. In the past, it was common to hold on to your clothing for much longer; however, we live in a society that cares more about mass-producing products than building something that will last. With cheap clothing so easily available, people don't value their products like they used to. Because of this, approximately 13 million tonnes of textile waste in the US is either dumped in a landfill or burned.