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Cotton covers 2.5% of the world's cultivated land but uses 10-16% of the world's pesticides (including herbicides, insecticides, and defoliants), more than any other single major crop. [4] [7] Environmental consequences of the elevated use of chemicals in the non-organic cotton growing methods include the following:
Cotton production uses 2.5% of the world's farmland. [31] Half of all textiles produced are made of the fiber. [35] Cotton is a water-intensive crop, requiring 3644 cubic meters of water to grow one ton of fiber, or 347 gallons per pound. [36] Growing cotton requires 25% of insecticides and 10-16% of pesticides of what is used globally every year.
Green textiles are fabrics or fibres produced to replace environmentally harmful textiles and minimise the ecological impact.Green textiles (or eco-textiles) are part of the sustainable fashion and eco-friendly trends, providing alternatives to the otherwise pollution-heavy products of conventional textile industry, which is deemed the most ecologically damaging industry.
[citation needed] Organic clothing may be composed of cotton, jute, linen, silk, ramie, or wool. In the United States, textiles do not need to be 100% organic to use the organic label. [1] A more general term is organic textiles, which includes both apparel and home textiles. The technical requirements in terms of certification and origin ...
There are economic and environmental benefits of GM cotton to farmers in India. [527] [528] A study from 2002 through 2008 on the economic impacts of Bt cotton in India, showed that Bt cotton increased yields, profits and living standards of smallholder farmers. [529] However, recently cotton bollworm has been developing resistance to Bt cotton.
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Textile recycling is the process of recovering fiber, yarn, or fabric and reprocessing the material into new, useful products. [1] Textile waste is split into pre-consumer and post-consumer waste and is sorted into five different categories derived from a pyramid model.
Today, Cotton’s message of mercy and understanding toward people who have done us harm, or who we fear will do us harm, is much-needed balm for a nation that has been polarized by figures and ...