Potential losses incurred from these processes are accounted for.Дistribution covers transportation from assembly location to retail stores, but not between retail stores and end-users.Д®nd of life processes involve the collection and management of apparel products at the end of their useful life (incineration and landfilling). Transportation between dyeing and finishing to assembly is accounted for.ДЄssembly refers to the cutting and sewing of fabric into apparel products. The combined Dyeing and Finishing steps include bleaching and dyeing as well as fabric finishing.

Transportation from the fabric preparation to the dyeing and finishing stage is included here. Two different knitting techniques (circular and flat) were taken into consideration, as were losses incurred from these processes. Transportation from the yarn preparation to fabric preparation stage is also included.ДЇabric Preparation corresponds to knitting and weaving yarn into fabric.

Different spinning techniques (wet spinning and cotton spinning) were taken into consideration, as were potential losses incurred from these processes. Yarn Preparation includes the spinning of yarn from both filament and staple fibers. Transportation from raw material extraction location and between the processing and the yarn preparation stage was also included. The Fiber Production stage covers the extraction and processing of fibers. To understand where pollution happens, its good to first look at the apparel system and what are the life cycle stages: It is well known that the textile industry is a large consumer of water, energy and chemicals required to produce fabric at several different stages of production. In the past decades, garments have become a disposable item in our closets: the quality of the clothes we buy has decreased, we have lost the skills and we lack the time to mend damaged garments and brands have convinced us that we need to buy into new trends every season.ДЄccording to some statistics, the worldвЂ™s textile consumption was at 95.6 million tons in 2015.Д¦2.1% of which were oil-based synthetic fibres like polyester, 25.2% cellulosic and protein-based fibres like cotton, 6.4% wood-based cellulose fibres, 1.2% wool and 1.5% other natural fibres. Materials, processes, a changing and non-traceable value chain, added to our own consumption behaviour are at the origin of a massive problem. The fashion industry is being pointed out as one of the main sources of pollution in the World.

Have you ever thought about what your clothes are made of? About who makes your clothes, or what happens after you throw them away? The truth about the fashion industry is actually pretty ugly.

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