Thrifting: How Americans Spend, and How We Could Save

THRIFTING How Americans spend – and how we could save. 12.7% 18 THRIFT GROWTH As the economy worsens, thrift stores es sales increase. of americans will thrift a year. 7.3% On average the thrifting industry grows about 7% each year. RETAIL HOW DO 80 THE DOLLARS RACK UP? 80% of merchandise at Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio is $1.99 or less. YOU HAVE $175 TO SPEND ON JEANS WHAT DO YOU DO? $175 $52 $8 Designer jeans cost on avg $175 Department store jeans cost on avg $52 Thrifted jeans cost on avg $8 WHEN IT COMES TO THE THRIFTIEST STATES... 1st 2nd 3rd MISSISSIPPI avg expenditures per household $27,740 WEST VIRGINIA MONTANA avg expenditures per household $24,517 avg expenditures per household $27,032 LEAST THRIFTY STATE? CONNECTICUT avg expenditures household $57,331 IT TAKES HUNDREDS OF GALLONS OF WATER TO GROW OOTTON FIBER FOR NEW ITEMS. It takes 105 gallons of water to produce one cotton diaper It takes 256 gallons of water to produce one t-shirt = 0000 It takes 401 gallons of water to produce one bath towel 00000 000 %3D It takes 987 gallons of water to produce one pair of jeans Donating your clothing and buying secondhand contributes to the textile recycling industry. Textile recycling prevents 20 BILLION POUNDS of post-consumer textile waste. DONATE YOUR CAR WANT TO DO SOMETHING THRIFTY & EARTH FRIENDLY? DONATE YOUR CAR. A recycled car provides enough steel to produce almost 13 million new cars, and car recycling creates 46,000 new jobs. Volunteers of America GREATER OHIO Sources can be found at: http://voago.org/thrifting-infographic-sources