Life Cycle of the Jean Paige Mumford Angela Kong Michael Tzeng Per. 2 IED

Overview

Raise & Extract Cotton Farming in the fields Cotton Farming in the fields  Half of water used in product’s full in product’s full life cycle  < 5% of raw materials used are sources other than cotton Indigo dye farmed in fields Indigo dye farmed in fields

Process Fabric Production Fabric Production  Textile mills turn cotton fiber into fabric  Dye is extracted from the indigo plant  In Mexico - largest mill supplier has waste water treatment plant  Can recycle approx. 75% of its water  production, rest rooms, landscape irrigation

Manufacture Contracted suppliers Contracted suppliers  Cut, sew, finish  Buttons are added onto to cloth

Transportation & Distribution  Low carbon-using transport.  rail and container ships  to retail, online, wholesale locations

Use Clothing article Clothing article Largest environmental impacts Largest environmental impacts  Reduce lifecycle climate change impact by 50% - line drying & cold water washing  58% of energy & 45% of water from lifetime in this phase

Dispose Recycled fiber Recycled fiber  new fashions/products  housing insulation Levi’s - recycled denim Levi’s - recycled denim insulation in San Francisco 24 billion lbs clothing per year  landfills 24 billion lbs clothing per year  landfills

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