Abstract
This study is a little approach to determine sustainability hot spots of a cotton T-shirt through cradle to cradle analysis (including fiber farming, yarn manufacturing, fabric manufacturing, wet processing, garments manufacturing, transportation, consumption, recycle and disposal) of a white cotton t-shirt of a particular brand, made in one of the 100% compliant and green garment industry of Bangladesh and also with those obtained from the published literature about the production of cotton yarn obtained from virgin cotton produced through conventional and organic harvesting. The environmental disputes involved with consumption of textiles to examine broadly on product level in Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) studies. The social sustainability hot spots have also investigated on the Cotton T-shirt manufacturing cycle. In a word, the purpose of this case study is to address the key social and environmental issues in the lifecycle of a white cotton t-shirt which is produced in Bangladesh and selling to EU. And also identifies the legal constraints that govern the most severe hot spots found in the case study of T-shirt.
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