Environmental Issues In Apparel Manufacturing

 Toxic Pollutants  Waste Materials in Our Landfills  Apparel Production Using Up Nonrenewable Resources  Textile Waste  Pesticides and Insecticides in Our Soil from Fiber Crops Menu: Issues and Solutions

 Synthetic fibers production release toxic pollutants into the air and water supply Issue: Toxic Pollutants in the Environment

 Federal laws in the 1970’s eliminated the release of these pollutants  Clean Air Act  Clean Water Act  Resource Conservation & Recovery Act  Toxic Substances Control Act Solution

  Pollution in China Issue Those Processes Now in Other Countries

 How do you think we can help eliminate pollution in other countries? Solution

Issue Waste Materials in Our Landfill

 Apparel manufacturers are converting waste material and unwanted existing products into new products  What can be made from water bottles? Solution: Recycling

ProductsNumber of 20 ounce bottles T-shirt19 bottles Fiberfill Ski Jacket14 bottles Fiberfill Sleeping Bag114 bottles Carpeting19 bottles per square foot From Water Bottles to……

 Apparel Production depleting nonrenewable resources which cannot be replaced  Example: Petroleum used to make synthetic fibers Issue Nonrenewable Resources

 Using natural products that nature can replenish  Examples: Trees and plants Solution Renewable Resources

 Lyocell: wood pulp of eucalyptus trees  Sorona: corn  Rayon: bamboo fibers Fibers From a Renewable Resource

 The EPA estimates 13.1 million tons of textile waste was generated in  5.2% of municipal waste  What can be done to reduce the amount of textile waste? Issue Textile Waste

 Donate for reuse or resale  Turn in to companies to recycle like Patagonia  Repurpose textile products Solution Eliminating Textile Waste

 Insecticides and Pesticides used in fiber crops Issue Soil Pollutants

 Environment friendly  Genetically modified seeds and planted resistant to pests  Grown without harmful pesticides and fertilizers Solution Organically Grown Fibers