* UK Government statistics show that there are 2.4bn pieces of clothing unworn for an entire 12 months (many possibly brand new) cluttering up the national wardrobe, which adds up to a whopping £10bn worth of unused clothes, shoes, bags etc. Source: YouGov.
* The new First Lady of America Michelle Obama recently organised an up-market swap party in New York city. Source: CNN.
* The average UK woman spends nearly £13,000 on clothes she'll never wear. Source: BBC.
* Women in the UK spend a staggering £6bn every year on clothes, shoes and accessories they'll never wear. This means there are more than 30m wardrobes, each packed with at least £216 of unworn items many still with tags. Source: Bigwardrobe.com.
* Swapping will be a major trend for 2009, according to research that suggests 5.5m people (12 per cent) exchanged goods with others in 2008. A further 11m (24%) plan to swap items in 2009, the poll, conducted by ICM for broadband provider TalkTalk, indicated. Clothing topped the list (19%) followed by cosmetics (9%) and books (8%). Source: TalkTalk.
* Nearly 2m tonnes of discarded clothing, shoes and accessories go to UK landfill sites every year. This represents nearly 4% of all the waste in Britain that is sent to landfill annually. Source: The Observer.
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