admin Fast fashion is fast wilting, and there is a need to look for organic options that are made locally, or preferably for second-hand options through a concerned store or re-commerce platforms, says a recent EU report. Reports say that it takes around 2,700 liters of water to harvest the cotton needed to make a single t-shirt, regarding ecological impact.
Agedness of any garment is an essential deciding factor in the study of the ecological impact of any product. The amount of water used in making it, the volume of scraps needed for the trimming and the transportation cost, all combined creates a t-shirt which is steep in carbon footprint, says the EU report titled ‘Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) – T-shirts’.
The lifespan of T-shirts is standard 52 washes with different raw materials or production processes, which is considered much less. “The life span of the studied t-shirt corresponds to the number of washes tolerated by the t-shirt. Life span is an important parameter when the environmental impacts of products are studied with Life Cycle Assessment,” states the report that aims at letting consumers make better choices to adopt eco-friendly organic wear among the available varieties.
The report says “The Product Environmental Footprint of a t-shirt shall be based on a ‘cradle-to-grave’ analysis. The cradle-to-grave system shall start when resources are extracted from nature and end when the product is treated during the end-of-life after its use phase.” The report also mentions that the journey from raw materials to a t-shirt is tiresome. Influencing the shopping options of consumers and making them conscious about the harmful aspects of t-shirts, the report concludes, “If a single t-shirt is causing so much of pollution hazards, one should focus on identifying the best green producers or alternative options that enables eco-friendly manufacturers expand market share and encourage production of goods that causes less emission and environment waste.
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