Fashion Oil Calculator: How Much Oil is In Your Wardrobe?

1.3 billion barrels of oil is used by the fashion industry each year

Each year 1.3 billion of barrels of oil are used to manufacture new clothes - more than the annual oil consumption of Spain, and enough to fill 81,250 Olympic swimming pools every year… or one every 25 minutes.

Of the 80 billion new items of clothing being made each year an estimated 30% of these are never sold, making the fashion industry one of the most environmentally damaging industries. This is Unfolded is on a mission to change this, helping people dress more sustainably with its affordable sustainable clothing collections which are made without any waste, and minimising the use of natural resources in their manufacture.

The oil wasted while manufacturing synthetic clothing that is never even sold equals 240 million oil barrels each year!

Users can discover how much oil has been used in their own wardrobes by visiting the website from sustainable clothing brand This is Unfolded and trying the Fashion Oil Calculator for themselves

Hilde Frydnes, CCO and Co-Founder at This is Unfolded, explained; “At a time when everyone is striving to reduce energy usage, for our planet and due to Russia's war in Ukraine we thought it was time to highlight one of the more hidden users - the fashion industry. By highlighting the huge amount of oil that is used making synthetic clothing every year including items that are made and head straight to landfill we hope to help people make more sustainable fashion choices, whether that be buying sustainably or repairing and recycling existing items.”

Sustainable, ethical fashion instead of plastic-based fast fashion is needed to build a sustainable future