year. And washing some types of clothes sends thousands of bits of plastic into the ocean.

Here are the most significant impacts fast fashion has on the planet.

Clothing production has roughly doubled since 2000.

REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal Employees sew clothes at the Estee garment factory in Tirupur, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, June 19, 2013.

Source: McKinsey & Company

While people bought 60% more garments in 2014 than in 2000, they only kept the clothes for half as long.

REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily An Iraqi man looks in the mirror as he shops for clothes in preparation for Eid Al-Adha celebration in Baghdad, Iraq August 9, 2019.

Source: McKinsey & Company, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

In Europe, fashion companies went from an average offering of two collections per year in 2000 to five in 2011.

AP Photo/LucaBruno Models Gigi Hadid, from front second left, Bella Hadid and Kaia Gerber wear creations with other models as part of the Max Mara spring-summer 2020 collection in Milan, Italy, September 19, 2019.

Source: European Parliament

Some brands offer even more. Zara puts out 24 collections per year, while H&M offers between 12 and 16.

Business Insider/Mary Hanbury Rows of jackets at Zara’s headquarters in Arteixo, Spain, October 2018.

Source: European Parliament

A lot of this clothing ends up in the dump. The equivalent of one garbage truck full of clothes is burned or dumped in a landfill every second.

REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir A truck unloads garbage at a temporary dump on the edge of Beirut, Lebanon September 23, 2015.

Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

In total, up to 85% of textiles go into landfills each