Your Post: New clothes! Are they really necessary? You might think so, but probably not. The United Nations Environment Programme found that one pair of blue jeans emits 33.4 kilograms in production. Almost 2 billion pairs of blue jeans are produced every year! That’s equal to 66 billion kilos for each year of blue jean production. Luckily, clothes like jeans that are durable and built to last can be worn again, again, and again. They can be sent to thrift stores once you don’t want them anymore, and someone else can wear them with no cost to the environment. New clothes are definitely a want, not a need.