The most recent studies done by the EPA and other private and commercial groups have found the following facts:

• There are over 300,000,000 people now in the United States of America alone.
• On Average, every man, woman and child “casts off” 82 pounds of Pre-Owned clothing, shoes, and other apparel articles a year.
• That amounts to over 82 Billion Pounds a year.
• Of that 82 Billion Pounds annually, only about 15% of it is recycled.
• 85% of those pre-owned items wind up in landfills.
• These items account for approximately 5.2% of the total pounds of refuse that goes into landfills each year.
• Landfill space is getting more expensive and harder to find every year.