Sustainability in Textiles Industry

What does the term Reduce mean in terms of sustainability?

• Reducing impact on environment

• Reusing the same items more than once

• Putting a product to a new use instead of adding to landfill.

What does the term Reuse mean?

• Putting a product to a new use instead of adding to landfill.

• Reusing the same items more than once

• Reducing impact on environment

Define the term Recycle

• Reducing impact on environment

• Putting a product to a new use instead of adding to landfill.

• Reusing the same items more than once.

Making garments out of only organic fabrics is an example of...

• REDUCE

• REUSE

• RECYCLE

Using plastic water bottles to make fabric is an example of...

• REDUCE

• REUSE

• RECYCLE

Donating clothing you no longer need is an example of..

• REDUCE

• REUSE

• RECYCLE

Growing Natural fibres has a negative impact on the environment through...

(Choose all answers that apply)

• Using petroleum and oil

• Contaminate the soil with chemicals

• Using large amounts of water.

• Creates toxic by products

Answer explanation

Natural fibres are grown using large amount of pesticides and water to keep the crops alive which contaminates our soils and depletes our water supplies.

We can reduce the impact of growing natural fibres by...

• Producing only organic fabrics

• Not using pesticides when growing the plants

• Finding solutions to reduce water useage

• All of the above

Which of the following are natural fibres?

(Choose all answers that apply)

• Cotton

• Polyester

• Linen

• Silk

Answer explanation

Natural fibres are fibres that can be grown or that come from an animal source.

Linen comes from the flax plant.

Cotton from the cotton plant.

Silk from the silk worm.

How does producing synthetic fabrics impact the environment?

(choose all answers that apply)

• Uses petroleum and oil

• Products don't break down and add to landfill.

• Creates toxic chemicals that pollutes the air, water and land.

• All of the above