Cotton — supplying approximately a quarter of global textile fibres — has various environmental impacts, including water use, toxicity, eutrophication and greenhouse gas emissions. In this Review, we identify these impacts across multiple life cycle stages. Environmental impacts at the cultivation stage...
Since 1984, China has become one of the largest producers of cotton in the world. An area of 4 to 6 million ha under cotton cultivation in China meets 20% of the annual worldwide demand for cotton . On an agroecological basis, these cotton-growing areas can be grouped into three major...
The textiles industry is a substantial contributor to environmental impacts through the production, processing, use, and end-of-life of garments. Wool is a
These need to be considered when promoting and designing new textile reuse and recycling systems, to avoid scenarios in which reuse and recycling lead to greater impacts. Also, the potential stumbling blocks serve as a reminder that analysts of the environmental impact of textile reuse and ...
Numerous scientific advances related to the growing and processing of cotton, and the manufacturing of cotton products over the past 40 years, has enabled the cotton industry to reduce its environmental impacts.
Cotton production is now responsible for 18% of worldwide pesticide use and 25% of total insecticide use. The largely untested impacts of these chemicals on both the land and human health are beginning to be questioned by those working in the industry. As our skin is the largest organ, ...
(2019a, b) used the LCA-based WF method to evaluate the WF of wheat production. Bai et al. (2021) evaluated the water-related environmental impacts generated by China’s maize production. Zhang et al. (2021) performed an LCA-based WF analysis of China’s cotton production and found ...
Additionally, many of the key cotton-producing countries are under high water stress, including China, India, the U.S., Pakistan, Turkey, and Brazil. Water management and other environmental conditions have significant impacts on the availability of cotton, and therefore lead to price fluctuati...
The cotton ginning process creates 2.5 million tons of biomass each year; spray mulches turn this waste into a practical product that benefits the environment. The deep green hydromulches are hydraulically applied. And since cotton is by nature porous, absorbent and biodegradable, it absorbs adequate...
The crux of the eco-label scheme is embedded into the concept ofLCA. This means evaluating the environmental impacts of a particular product through its entire life from cradle to grave. Any labelled product must prove to have lowered its environmental impact in all of its life cycle phases. ...