Posted on 05/20/2024 10:53:02 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
(NewsNation) — The fashion industry (companies that construct clothing or make the materials for clothing) accounts for up to 4% of global climate emissions and an unknown but large percentage of worldwide water pollution.
“Natural” materials like cotton and leather have huge impacts on the environment and humans. Cotton relies on pesticides, and in many parts of the world it’s harvested by children and forced laborers.
Animal leather means raising cattle in ways that often lead to deforestation, water pollution and increased carbon emissions.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
You will eat bugs, own nothing, live in mud huts and wear grass skirts......................
sit in the corner
in the cold and the dark naked
and remember
try not to breathe too much
to save the erf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyocell
This was marketed starting about 40 years ago; it is much stronger and longer lasting than rayon.
It’s made from pine trees, and there are certainly a lot of those from Texas all the way to New Jersey.
I was wondering what the ‘emission levels’ are of manufacturing polyester, nylon, etc.
They both have high melting points.
But on the flip side they pretty much last forever if taken care of.
Anyhow most solid pollution is not from clothing, it’s from packaging (see my username).
GREEN GARBAGE. I wear Cotton, my skin breaks out from rayon. And it is not warm in cold areas. And Leather is already made in Vegan. The synthetic smells bad.
Caroline..Your beet dress is exquisite...I love that color. Cool that your arms and legs match.
I am currently wearing a cotton shirt I got 44 years ago.
I have used it & washed it MANY, MANY times.
Don’t even think about messing with my stash of quilting cotton!
Would I smell like Pinesoil?
Even my hens don’t like pine shavings.
Bamboo is being used more - it’s sustainable.
The environmental disaster fuelled by used clothes and fast fashion
Fast fashion: The dumping ground for unwanted clothes - BBC News
We are the goon squad and we’re coming to town...Beep Beep!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-z6u5hFgPk
The article ends just where I expected it to expand the premise. Maybe the concept and marketing are too new to have evaluated many sales results just yet.
Absolutely -- that is the best way to stop fabric pollution of waterways -- bring back well-made American cotton clothing with COTTON THREAD. I hate the way polyester thread turns hard and scratches your neck and arms from the inside of the garment, or breaks when you iron a cotton garment on high heat.
Old-time Americans used to make braided rugs out of woolen strips,
and sometimes out of cotton rags:
I make them out of used cotton t-shirts or golf shirts. They wear like iron, wash easily in the washing machine, and absorb spilled water at the sink or bathtub. The one in my kitchen is almost 25 years old and has been washed two to four times a year:
Synthetics also hold onto stains, and are hard to iron-- they melt easily with heat high enough to get the wrinkies out. Hate ’em.
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