 U.S. consumers throw 10.4 billion items in the trash. CEO of Garson & Shaw, Lisa Jepson, provides more insight. We were really surprised that the main finding of the report is that many younger people are throwing away clothes. 65% throw away at least one item of wearable clothing every month. The report stresses the importance of moving away from disposable fashion to a model where wearable clothes do not go to waste.