Textiles and Pollution

India's Textiles are polluting our rivers and degrading our environment. It takes 10,000 liters of water to produce one Kg of cotton, and we are consuming virtual water through our cotton clothes. 
Among the different yarns used by weavers, cotton is the only crop in the world, wherein pesticides are used extensively by farmers making it the most polluted raw material.
Moreover textiles production has doubled between 2000-2020, and every second, the equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles is landfilled or burned. 
Fabric surplus from the textile industry is a leading contributor to pollution and climate change as well but we needs entrepreneurs who can turned this situation to a means of economic opportunity for making cloth pads.
Textile waste is produced in every stage of the textile manufacturing process like spinning, weaving, dyeing, finishing, garment manufacturing and even at the consumer end. 
We can classify Textile waste as:
Soft waste: Generated from combing, drawing and spinning.
Hard waste: Generated after spinning and twisting, weaving and knitting.
Reasons forTextile pollution:
Fast fashion.
Frequency of shopping by customers.
Lack of awareness on sustainability.
Lack of eco-friendly practices and eco management.
No strict government enforcement on violators.
Lack of quality fabrics.
Increase popularity of second-hand clothing.
External factors for Textile pollution:
Water pollution.
Air pollution.
Noise pollution.
Internal factors for Textile pollution:
Spinning waste.
Weaving waste.
Dyeing waste.
Clothing waste.
Solid waste.
Synthetic fibres.
Textiles is a key sector for the progress and development of communities,even though it's manufacturing involves pollution, it's important for the industry to shift to a circular management in place of a linear.
Nowadays recycling, redesigning, upcycling, downcycling, restoring, repairing, reusing and reducing are some of the techniques used by the industry. 
Consumers should be aware of the choices they have and also try to become part of the sustainable chain. 
Green consumerism has changed the face of the textile industry, which is now recognised for its efforts taken to reduce wastage and infuse eco-friendly practices.
It is prudent for our community's leaders and weaver's co op societies to disseminate information to weavers and members about the effects of pollution in Textiles industry. 
So that our weavers can make the necessary changes to minimise the effects of strict implementation of pollution laws by local authorities in the coming decades.
I presume you are aware of the strict implementation of sound pollution laws, few years ago by civic corporations which closed weaving factories in residential localities which were functioning for many decades before the enactment of environment laws.
"Wishing you a safe, healthy, and prosperous new year 2022."
Jai Devanga.
GaviRangappa S P
Devanga's Vidhana.
Benguluru.
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