THE LIFE CYCLE OF A T-SHIRT

1. 4. Transport

1.1. There are 8,848 kilometers to travel to export them back to the US, thus generating a high CO2 emission.

2. 5. Purchase and care

2.1. The average Canadian households spent two thousand four hundred and fifty dollars on clothing.

2.2. 151 liters of water are used for each load of laundry and drying takes five times more energy than washing.

2.3. 6. Disposal

2.3.1. In the US, approximately 70 pounds of pounds of old clothes are dumped in landfills each year per person.

2.3.2. An estimated 1 in 10 clothing items gets bought, never worn and simply thrown away.

3. 1. The cotton

3.1. The world produces 25 million tons annually and 65% is exported from the US.

3.2. Farmers spend an average of 4.1 billion dollars on pesticides annually.

4. 2. Refining

4.1. The cotton is then loaned to countries such as Indonesia, Colombia and Bangladesh.

4.2. It's pulled in two ropes stretched twisted into yarn and turned into fabric by a fleet of machines.

5. 3. Production

5.1. About 12.5 million people around the most important countries are in the t-shirt industry.

5.2. One bale of cotton can make 1217 men's t-shirts.