Is there any connection between cloths we wear and the environment?
This presentation will answer clearly.
It's an awareness presentation about sustainable Textiles.
4. Its Takes 2,700 liters of water to
make a cotton T-Shirt.
Basically, This is the amount
of water, a person can drink
in 2.5 years.
Every year around
2 billion cotton T-shirts
are sold worldwide.
5. Furthermore, almost 100 billion
clothes are purchased in
a year & 50,000 tons of
Dyes are discharged
Into global water
system
Around 60% are not biodegradable &
93% end up in landfill from this huge
amount of clothes after use.
A garment made from polyester
Takes 20-200 years to fully
Decompose in the soil.
6. GHG
According to a Quantis report,
textiles industry generating pollution,
accounting for approximately
1.2 billion tones of greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions annually.
That is the 2nd largest amount
after oil & gas.
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7. GHG
The UN says
“The fashion industry is responsible for
10% of global greenhouse emissions.”
It is anticipated that by 2050
the textile and apparel industry
will use up to 25% of the
world’s carbon budget.
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8. GHG
The textile and apparel industry
is also one of the major
contributors of plastic microfibers
entering the oceans.
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9. GHG
The textile chain consumes
a huge amount of water and energy
along with the use of
various chemicals and harmful
substances.
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