Many processes and products that go into the making of fibers, textiles and apparel products consume significant quantities of fossil fuel. Apparel and textiles account for approximately 10 percent of the total carbon impact. The estimated consumption for an annual global production of 60 billion kilograms of fabrics is: 1 trillion kilowatt hours of electricity and up to 9 trillion liters of water.
Yet Bernie is a huge supporter of the textile industry ( seeing that is a major industry in his state ). So Bernie, put your money where your mouth is and call for the closing of your states textile plants in order to "save the earth".
Or ask people not to throw away and get more use out of textile products, recycle if possible.