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CONSERVE
OUR WATER

An environmental movement based in Lawrenceville, New Jersey that aims to bring awareness to the impacts of the fashion industry and promote sustainable fashion through clothing drives, donations and more. 

2700

litres of water used to make 1 cotton shirt

80-90%

of wastewater 

is left untreated

50

billion plastic bottles worth of microfibers leaked into the ocean

1

Earth for Us to Protect

About The Water You Wear

Learn about the founder of The Water You Wear, our initiatives, and more.

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Blue Fashion

Learn about alternate fashion choices that can reduce your water footprint.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Check out fundraising options and clothing donation centres to help us in our goal in preserving water usage. 

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JOIN THE MOVEMENT!

Support The Water You Wear and reinvent sustainable fashion.

Forbes

Read their article "Out of Fashion– The Hidden Cost of Clothing is a Water Pollution Crisis"

VOGUE

Find out more about water in the fashion industry through their article "6 Ways Fashion Can Reduce Its Water Footprint"

BBC

Learn about clothing recycling in their article "Why Clothes are So Hard to Recycle"

UCLA

Read their take on water pollution in fashion in "Wearing Water Pollution: Water Waste in the Fashion Industry"

Contact Us

Contact Us

If you would like to support our cause, enter your contact information below and we'll reach out. The Water You Wear relies on supporters and volunteers to spread awareness on the fashion industry's water footprint, and we need your help.

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ADDRESS

EMAIL

The Lawrenceville School 2500 Main Street, 08648 NJ, USA

cshum24@lawrenceville.org

© 2022 The Water We Wear.

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