According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American family spends $1,700 a year on clothing and "the average woman in England has 22 unworn items in her closet." (Johnson) People buy surplus clothing, which means factories produce excess textile waste. While there has been much debate about whether the clothing industry is the second most polluting industry in the world, second only to oil, there is no doubt that the fashion industry has had an impact on the world, but not in a positive way.