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Environmental groups issued "clothing ring" low-carbon Dress research report, called attention to the clothing of carbon emissions
A polyester trousers "life" carbon-47 kg
43 years, Shanghai is the first cold wave has hit, just a few days if people went through summer, autumn and winter. This makes a lot of female beauty flew into a panic, scrambling to purchase new clothes to play. However, overlooked by everybody is a garment production from raw materials to production, transport, use and disposal after the treatment, all carbon dioxide emissions and environmental implications. Polyester pants with a common example, the end of its "life" to carbon emissions 47 kg, is 117 times its own weight. To this end, Jane Goodall (Beijing) Environment Cultural Centre to the nation's four cities 2294 to investigate the public's dress habits, recently released "" clothes tree ring "low-carbon Dress research report," which calls attention Apparel carbon emissions.
Often not environmentally friendly to buy new clothes
Miss Bai Linghong very much agree "LOHAS" way of life, carry bag, she has been lying in bags to prepare for contingencies; trip to make full use of subways, buses; to buy household appliances, always choose energy-efficiency labeling 1, 2 of. However, with many beauty girl, she loves to buy clothes. "Every time discount shopping, I always went with my friends 'shopping' something. Now Online Shop in the clothing more affordable price, I almost every one or two weeks to buy 12. Now home Some plugs have no less than a wardrobe. "she told reporters.
But she did not realize is that frequently buy new clothes just is not environmentally friendly behavior. An ordinary clothes from the raw material into a fabric, the garment production to logistics, to eventually be discarded from the use of all the emissions of carbon dioxide, and environmental implications. For this purpose, "" clothing ring "low-carbon Dress Survey Report", by Jane Goodall (Beijing) Environmental Culture Centre to make "clothing ring" concept. The so-called "clothing ring" refers to carbon emissions apparel index used to measure the useful life of each garment, the life cycle carbon emissions, and the average annual carbon emissions.
Less energy consumption of natural fabrics
According to calculations by Environmental Resources Management, a 400 gram polyester pants, and assume that it is China Taiwan raw materials, production of garments in Indonesia, and finally shipped to the UK sales. Assuming a two-year service life, sharing 50 warm water of the washing machine washed 92 times; washed, dried with a dryer, and then spent an average of two minutes ironing. This means that it "life" about the energy consumption is 200 kwh, equivalent to 47 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions, is 117 times its own weight.
In comparison, cotton and hemp fiber and other natural fabric like materials such as the synthetic oil, so the energy consumption and generation of pollutants to be relatively small. According to the University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing Research, a 250 g weight cotton T shirt in his "Life" in about seven kilograms of carbon dioxide emission is 28 times its own weight, not including the environmental T shirt pollution.
"Low-carbon Dress" tips
Studies have shown that the average buy fewer clothes the energy savings, equivalent of about 5.7 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions.
In the choice of fabric, hemp fabric made of more environmentally friendly than cotton. University of Melbourne study shows that the ecological impact of cannabis fabric 50% less than cotton. Bamboo fiber and fabric made of flax cotton in the production process than the more savings in water and pesticides.
Buy clothing, in particular, purchasing children's clothing, the best choice for white, light, no printing, small design clothes. Less use of such clothing, chemicals processing, is not only more environmentally friendly and more human health.
At the same time, buy clothes to avoid wrinkles, permanent press, water, pollution and other additional functions, which are usually achieved by chemical agents.
Use in clothing, washing to minimize the number of washing machines with hand wash instead of washing. Studies have shown that the average instead of a washing machine with the use of hand washing, can reduce emissions 0.26 kg of carbon; and washing machines all over the country once a month less then 550 thousand tons of carbon emissions a year. In addition, can also choose to reduce the washing temperature, changing the natural drying drying, ironing clothes and so reduce the more environmentally friendly method of washing.
