Deadstock
What is Dead stock?
What is a product that was not sold or is unable to be sold?
NetSuite.com. “Dealing with Dead Stock.” Oracle NetSuite, www.netsuite.com/portal/resource/articles/inventory-management/dead-stock.shtml#:~:text=Dead%20stock%20is%20inventory%20that%20is%20unsellable.,leftover%20seasonal%20products%20or%20expired%20raw%20materials. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
True or false Eco friendly clothing is made from recycled clothing.
What is false?
It is made more from recycled polyesters.
“Are Clothes Made from Recycled Materials Really More Sustainable?” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 6 Nov. 2021, www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/06/clothes-made-from-recycled-materials-sustainable-plastic-climate.
What is Retail Waste?
What is a companies discarded material?
“Sustainable Retail Waste Management: Eco-Friendly Practices for the Retail Sector.” ACTenviro, 17 Aug. 2024, www.actenviro.com/retail-industry-waste-management/#:~:text=What%20Comprises%20Retail%20Waste?,Glass:%20Bottles%2C%20jars.
What are the two microplastics causing the most issues?
What is Primary and Secondary Microfibers?
What Percentage of factory workers for fast fashion corporations make a livable wage?
What is less than 2 percent?
Helm, Mykhail. “Beneath the Seams: The Human Toll of Fast Fashion.” Earth Day, 12 Sept. 2025, www.earthday.org/beneath-the-seams-the-human-toll-of-fast-fashion/#:~:text=The%20industry%20employs%20approximately%2060%20million%20factory,less%20than%202%25%20earn%20a%20living%20wage.
How much is the Dead stock industry valued at currently?
what is $120 Billion?
“Deadstock Is the Future of Circular Fashion and Here’s 5 Reasons Why.” Sky Society, www.skysociety.co/blog/deadstock-is-the-future-of-circular-fashion-and-here-s-5-reasons-why#:~:text=Currently%2C%20there%20is%20over%20$120,contributing%20to%20massive%20environmental%20damage. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
What percent of clothing material ends up recycled?
What is 12 percent?
EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/textiles-material-specific-data#:~:text=EPA%20estimated%20that%20the%20generation,generation%20and%20management%20of%20textiles. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
How many tons of packaging are produced by companies anually?
what is 141 million tons?
“Packaging Waste Facts and Statistics.” Business Waste, 15 Oct. 2025, www.businesswaste.co.uk/waste-facts/packaging-waste-facts-and-statistics/#:~:text=Facts%20and%20statistics%20about%20packaging%20waste%20vary%20depending%20on%20the,USA%20is%20from%20packaging%20materials.
What are Primary microfibers?
What is small plastic articles that shed from previously worn/washed clothes?
“Our Clothes Shed Microfibres – Here’s What We Can Do...” Our Clothes Shed Microfibres – Here’s What We Can Do... : Fashion Revolution, www.fashionrevolution.org/our-clothes-shed-microfibres-heres-what-we-can-do/#:~:text=Microplastics%20are%20tiny%20plastic%20pieces,and%20the%20entire%20marine%20ecosystem. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
How many hours do garment makers in Asia work per day
What is 10-16 hour days?
Ross, Emma. “Fast Fashion Getting Faster: A Look at the Unethical Labor Practices Sustaining a Growing Industry.” International Law and Policy Brief, studentbriefs.law.gwu.edu/ilpb/2021/10/28/fast-fashion-getting-faster-a-look-at-the-unethical-labor-practices-sustaining-a-growing-industry/#:~:text=The%20fast%20fashion%20industry%20employs,exploited%20at%20a%20younger%20age. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
Why is dead stock considered bad for a corporation?
What is because it results in a loss of revenue and takes up storage space?
NetSuite.com. “Dealing with Dead Stock.” Oracle NetSuite, www.netsuite.com/portal/resource/articles/inventory-management/dead-stock.shtml#:~:text=Dead%20stock%20is%20bad%20for,it%20results%20in%20lost%20money. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
What is the percentage of carbon emissions fast fashion causes globally?
What is 10 percent?
McFall-Johnsen, Morgan. “The Fashion Industry Emits More Carbon than International Flights and Maritime Shipping Combined. Here Are the Biggest Ways It Impacts the Planet.” Business Insider, Business Insider, www.businessinsider.com/fast-fashion-environmental-impact-pollution-emissions-waste-water-2019-10#:~:text=Some%20parts%20of%20modern%20life,of%20plastic%20into%20the%20ocean. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
Transporting stock takes around 858 million tons of carbon dioxide per year true or false?
What is true?
Emissions of Carbon Dioxide in the Transportation Sector | Congressional Budget Office, www.cbo.gov/publication/58861. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
What are secondary Microfibers?
What is even smaller and more difficult to reach fibers?
Codeadmin. “What Are Microplastics and Microfibers?” Ocean Conservancy, 27 Aug. 2024, oceanconservancy.org/blog/2024/08/27/what-microplastics-microfibers/#:~:text=Microplastics%20fall%20into%20two%20main,up%20to%2018%20million%20microfibers!
Why do companies hire foreign workforces?
What is to exploit them and produce cheap quick clothing.
Ross, Emma. “Fast Fashion Getting Faster: A Look at the Unethical Labor Practices Sustaining a Growing Industry.” International Law and Policy Brief, studentbriefs.law.gwu.edu/ilpb/2021/10/28/fast-fashion-getting-faster-a-look-at-the-unethical-labor-practices-sustaining-a-growing-industry/#:~:text=In%20order%20to%20achieve%20this,clothing%20at%20a%20low%20cost. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
What percentage of global fashion is marked as dead stock every year?
What is 15 percent?
“Is Deadstock a Sustainable Solution for the Fashion Industry?” COSH!, cosh.eco/en/articles/deadstock. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
What gender dominates the fast fashion labor force?
What is females?
Helm, Mykhail. “Beneath the Seams: The Human Toll of Fast Fashion.” Earth Day, 12 Sept. 2025, www.earthday.org/beneath-the-seams-the-human-toll-of-fast-fashion/#:~:text=This%20exploitation%20disproportionately%20impacts%20women,of%20women’s%20dignity%20and%20safety.
What percentage of textiles end up in landfills per year?
What is 85 percent?
“10 Stats on Fast Fashion Waste and Its Environmental Impact: Uncluttered Life.” The Uncluttered Life, The Uncluttered Life, 27 May 2025, www.theunclutteredlife.com/blog/10-statistics-about-fast-fashion-waste#:~:text=Number%203:%20The%20average%20US%20consumer%20throws,up%20in%20landfills%20on%20a%20yearly%20basis.
Where can you find microfibers?
What is in your food, clothes, homes, and basically everywhere?
Codeadmin. “What Are Microplastics and Microfibers?” Ocean Conservancy, 27 Aug. 2024, oceanconservancy.org/blog/2024/08/27/what-microplastics-microfibers/#:~:text=In%20samples%20taken%20from%20the,produce%2C%20wash%20and%20wear%20them.
True or False? Brands are largely regulated when it comes to labor laws and create a healthy work environment for foreign employees.
What is false?
Counts, Laura. “Do Multinational Corporations Exploit Foreign Workers? Q&A with David Levine - Haas News: UC Berkeley Haas.” Haas News | UC Berkeley Haas, 28 Sept. 2022, newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/do-multinational-corporations-exploit-foreign-workers/#:~:text=human%20rights%20violations?-,There’s%20strong%20evidence%20that%20there%20are%20tragically%20high%20levels%20of,and%20violations%20are%20still%20uncovered.
According to European studies what percentage of stock is destroyed before ever being put on the market?
What is 4-9 percent?
“Management of Used and Waste Textiles in Europe’s Circular Economy.” Publications | European Environment Agency (EEA), www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/management-of-used-and-waste-textiles-in-europes-circular-economy#:~:text=Main%20sources%20of%20textile%20waste,year%20(EEA%2C%202024). Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
Fast fashion generates more pollution than what two fields combined?
What is international aviation and shipping?
Igini, Martina. “11 Fast Fashion Facts You Might Not Know.” Earth.Org, 4 Mar. 2024, earth.org/fast-fashion-facts/.
How many liters of water does it take to produce one kilogram of cotton?
What is 20,000 liters?
“Clothed in Conservation: Fashion & Water.” Clothed in Conservation: Fashion & Water | Sustainable Campus, sustainablecampus.fsu.edu/blog/clothed-conservation-fashion-water. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
What health risks can come by mixing microplastics like polymer with additives like biocides?
What is Congenital disabilities, carcinogenic effects and gastrointestinal damage?
Belmaker, Ilana, et al. “Adverse Health Effects of Exposure to Plastic, Microplastics and Their Additives: Environmental, Legal and Policy Implications for Israel.” Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 10 Sept. 2024, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11385141/#:~:text=Plastics%20are%20synthetic%20polymers%20containing,prematurity%20and%20low%20birth%20weight.
What is the deadliest factory collapse in recorded history?
What is the Rana Plaza collapse?
(Fun fact: This factories destruction resulted in over 1,100 peoples deaths and was caused due to safeguards on the building expiring and not being fixed due to the corporations negligence. This factory also was a clothing manufacturer)
“Collapse at Rana Plaza.” Ethics Unwrapped, 16 Feb. 2023, ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/video/collapse-at-rana-plaza.