BRANDS ACT TO REDUCE THEIR TOXIC CHEMICAL USE
June 1st, 2013
According to the non-governmental organisation (NGO) China Water Risk, it can require 40,000 litres of water to grow 1 kilogramme (kg) of cotton and 600 litres of wastewater can be produced to make just 1kg of textiles. And the average Chinese apparel factory discards 27.2 tonnes of usable, pre-consumer excess textiles every week, which includes new thread, fabric, buttons and trimmings. Environmental concerns focus on a range of pollutants in that water, from pesticides on cotton fields to dust storms caused by overgrazing in Inner Mongolia by cashmere ...
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