About Us
Based in Sacramento, CA, Jawbreaker Vintage is your home for your vintage 90s and Y2K needs. We carefully curate, process, and clean all our pieces before they find their way into your closet. We want to emphasize on being able to provide fashionable nostalgia at an affordable price while also minimizing our carbon footprint.
Some of the ways that we try to reduce our environmental impact:
- Delivery day! Monday is our designated delivery day. This helps us reduce the additional trips to the post office. (we can ship on other days,
- Free shipping on purchases more than $50. We encourage you to buy more to help redirect clothes away from landfills with incentives and pocket-friendly prices.
- Frequent promos. More reasons to shop with us, whether it's discounts, BOGOs, or a secret fun surprise in your shipment!
Even though we're just a small shop, all it takes is a few more individuals to share the same mindset in wanting a better world for our generation and future generations. Below are some quick facts regarding the most recent estimation of clothes produced in the United States.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency estimated in 2018 that the generation of textiles, specifically clothing and footwear, was about 13 million tons. They also stated that about 1.7 million tons were recycled, 2.2 million tons were combusted into energy recovery, and the remaining 9 million tons of clothes were sent to landfills. All images and charts are taken from the EPA.gov website.
1960-2018 Data on Clothing and Footwear in MSW by Weight (in thousands of U.S. tons)
| Management Pathway | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generation | 1,360 | 1,620 | 2,170 | 4,010 | 6,470 | 7,890 | 9,100 | 11,940 | 12,800 | 12,970 |
| Recycled | 50 | 60 | 150 | 520 | 900 | 1,250 | 1,250 | 1,690 | 1,740 | 1,690 |
| Composted | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Combustion with Energy Recovery | - | 10 | 50 | 590 | 1,080 | 1,210 | 1,390 | 2,010 | 2,160 | 2,210 |
| Landfilled | 1,310 | 1,550 | 1,970 | 2,900 | 4,490 | 5,430 | 6,460 | 8,240 | 8,900 | 9,070 |
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