{"id":33089,"date":"2025-06-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/?p=33089"},"modified":"2025-05-28T13:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T11:40:54","slug":"textile-industry-second-most-polluting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/en\/magazine\/textile-industry-second-most-polluting\/","title":{"rendered":"Textile industry is the second most polluting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"component text\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col  col-lg-8  offset-lg-2\">\n        <h3><b>The concept of &#8220;fast fashion&#8221; has boosted clothing consumption over the last quarter of a century. This is a very aggressive model for the environment, which has led the textile industry to become the second most polluting in the world. The situation is beginning to change, but the supposed circularity is still a long way off.<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are planning a trip to Chile this summer and decide to visit the stunning Atacama Desert, you will be surprised by an unwanted attraction. Thousands of tonnes of textile waste accumulate in what has become the world&#8217;s largest used clothing dump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, it is not the only one. As Greenpeace <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2022\/04\/9f50d3de-greenpeace-germany-poisoned-fast-fashion-briefing-factsheet-april-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>every year a huge amount of clothing ends up in landfills in far-flung places<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And this problem is just the tip of the iceberg of the damage the textile sector causes to the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the last quarter of a century, the &#8220;fast fashion&#8221; model promoted by giants such as Inditex, based on a high turnover of cheap, low-quality clothes, has driven clothing consumption through the roof. <\/span><b>In the European Union, for example, the amount of clothes bought per person has increased by 40% since 1996<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Each year, Europeans consume 26 kg of textiles and discard 11 kg, most of which are incinerated or end up in landfill. Only a tiny amount of clothing is recycled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>The second most polluting industry<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The so-called circularity of the fashion industry is still a long way off. As the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/es\/story\/2019\/04\/1454161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> warned in 2019, <\/span><b>it is the second most polluting sector in the world<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in several areas, after oil. And <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/RegData\/etudes\/ATAG\/2020\/656296\/EPRS_ATA(2020)656296_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the European Parliament point in the same direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a start, <\/span><b>dyes and finishing products are responsible for 20% of global drinking water pollution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Some substances used to colour clothes end up in rivers, with the consequent impact on their flora and fauna. A paradigmatic case is that of Bangladesh, where rivers such as the Buriganga have periodically changed colour due to the hundreds of tanneries installed on their banks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another issue is the <\/span><b>enormous amount of water resources required by the textile industry<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: to produce a single cotton T-shirt, 2,700 litres of water are needed, the same as a person drinks in several years. Cotton is one of the most water-intensive crops in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The situation does not improve in the case of synthetic fibres such as polyester and nylon. Although in these cases the water consumption is lower, their carbon footprint increases as they are derived from petroleum. In total, it is estimated that<\/span><b> the fashion industry generates 10 % of global CO\u2082 emissions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, the washing of synthetic clothing, which is not biodegradable, releases half a million tonnes of microfibres every year. This is <\/span><b>35% of the primary microplastics that end up in the oceans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, according to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/portals.iucn.org\/library\/sites\/library\/files\/documents\/2017-002-En.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Towards a more circular sector<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Environmental organisations are calling for <\/span><b>a paradigm shift in the textile industry<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to make it more sustainable and for an international agreement to ban the export of textile waste.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The European Union has already urged governments to establish <\/span><b>stricter laws on the production and recycling of clothing <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to reduce its ecological footprint. In fact, EU countries are obliged to have a separate collection of textiles by 2025 and the circular economy action <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?qid=1583933814386&amp;uri=COM:2020:98:FIN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> aims for a fully carbon-neutral economy by 2050.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The European strategy includes new eco-design requirements for textile products, clearer consumer information and a digital passport for garments. <\/span><b>The idea is to make manufacturers responsible for their products along the entire value chain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and to make it easier for consumers to choose more sustainable clothing thanks to the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/ecat\/category\/en\/14\/textile-products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ecolabel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond the regulatory framework, individual awareness is crucial. In this respect, <\/span><b>a recent <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocu.org\/consumo-familia\/consumo-colaborativo\/informe\/moda-sostenible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>OCU<\/b><\/a><b> survey gives grounds for optimism<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with 36% of respondents already avoiding &#8220;fast fashion&#8221; brands, 84% saying they do not buy more clothes than necessary and 89% donating or recycling their clothes. If the trend takes hold, perhaps the Atacama Desert can remain just that: a desert.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>If you want to wash your clothes without polluting the planet, 11Onze Recommends <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/en\/?page_id=31744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Natulim<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"component cards\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col col-xl-8 offset-xl-2\">\n        <h1>If you liked this article, we recommend you read:<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"cards__wrapper\">\n          <div class=\"card\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/en\/magazine\/buy-clothes-like-make-last\/\" class=\"card-link\" target=\"_self\"><\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-img\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/VISUALS_PODCAST_RADIO_THUMBNAIL_PSN_PRESS-3-800x538.jpg\" class=\"card-img-top\" alt=\"\">\n                <span class=\"card-category\">Sustainability<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"card-body\">\n              <p class=\"card-title p2\"><strong>\u201cBuy the clothes, but make them last\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n              <span class=\"card-time\">3 min read<\/span>\n              <p class=\"card-text small\">The fashion industry is one of the most polluting industries on<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n\n          <div class=\"card\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/en\/magazine\/how-much-does-freight-transport-pollute\/\" class=\"card-link\" target=\"_self\"><\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-img\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/THUMBNAIL_TRANSPORT_MERCADERIES.jpg\" class=\"card-img-top\" alt=\"\">\n                <span class=\"card-category\">Sustainability<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"card-body\">\n              <p class=\"card-title p2\"><strong>How much does freight transport pollute?<\/strong><\/p>\n              <span class=\"card-time\">3 min read<\/span>\n              <p class=\"card-text small\">Freight transport continues to boom, driven by a globalised<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n\n          <div class=\"card\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/en\/magazine\/alongside-sustainable-clothing-saving-ocean\/\" class=\"card-link\" target=\"_self\"><\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-img\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/braincoral3-800x450.jpeg\" class=\"card-img-top\" alt=\"\">\n                <span class=\"card-category\">Economy<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"card-body\">\n              <p class=\"card-title p2\"><strong>Alongside<\/strong><\/p>\n              <span class=\"card-time\">7 min read<\/span>\n              <p class=\"card-text small\">The sea has suffered greatly in recent decades, and humans have accelerated this<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n              <\/div>\n              <br>\n              <br>\n              <div class=\"cards__wrapper\">\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":33087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-33089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-sustainability"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Textile industry is the second most polluting - 11Onze<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The clothing industry is the second most polluting industry in the world, second only to the oil industry. 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