Will the Textile-Clothing Industry Experience a Transformation?
In recent years, the diversity and decreasing prices in the clothing/fashion industry have drawn your attention. We all have 5 times more clothes in our wardrobe than our parents. This may make you feel good, but over time, problems began to arise at the point of "sustainability", which we will all realize. Although innovations in production technologies reduce costs, when the effects on the lives of garment workers, the environment, reduced agricultural areas and human health are considered, the cost can actually increase.
The cost effect reduces the quality of garments, and clothing trends that encourage the purchase of new ones instead of clothes that are not worn more than 5-10 times, that fade quickly, that are misshapen and worn are changing very quickly.
We make it cute by calling it fashion, and the number of marketing professionals constantly working to get new ones is constantly increasing.
So, does this vicious circle bring with it just a waste?
No, the reduced costs in textiles increase the use of toxic chemicals. Chemicals are used in fiber production, fabric dyeing, bleaching, etc., but even clothes made from 100% natural fibers can still contain many chemicals. Research is being carried out on the use of harmful substances in textiles. Greenpeace declared in a report that there are 11 substances known to cause toxin, carcinogens and hormonal disorders that should be banned but not banned.
In a recent study, it was announced that 60% of the tested products of 20 different brands, including fashion giants, contain hazardous chemicals.
Chemicals are the main components of our clothes, fiber production in textile, dyeing, bleaching, wet processing, intensive use of chemicals in cotton cultivation bring ocean pollution and soil pollution, if we say that 23% of chemical production in the world is for the textile industry or if we say that 70 million trees are cut for our clothes annually I think it's clearer to understand.
