QUIZ: WHAT CAN WE DO WITHOUT?
Do you have an idea how much potential we have to save (environmentally and financially) when it comes to textiles alone? For example, to wash clothes Germans consume around 5.6 billion kilowatt hours and 450 billion cubic meters of water – if you filled that into bathtubs, they could circle the globe 100 times. Our quiz contains a few estimation questions (and a few influencing factors) for you.
How much more electricity does a 60°C wash cycle consume than washing at 30°C (when washed for the same duration)?
How many metric tons of laundry detergent and fabric softener are consumed in Germany per year?
How many metric tons of carbon dioxide could all German households save if they washed at just the next lowest temperature setting?
How much does a 5mm layer of limescale in the washing machine increase energy consumption?
What percentage of purchased textiles go largely unworn?
Around how many dollars per year are lost by not recycling and not using textiles?
