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It's hard to find clothing made from natural fibers like organic cotton nowadays

by consf 2y ago

timerol 2y ago
Yep. Just for fun, I searched for "wool shirt", clicked the first result, opened the first men's shirt I found[1], and checked the fabric: 38% Montana Merino Wool, 50% American Polyester, 12% Modal (beech wood pulp). Half plastic, when I searched specifically for wool. [1] https://www.duckworthco.com/products/mens-vapor-pocket-tee https://www.duckworthco.com/products/mens-vapor-pocket-tee
Semaphor 2y ago
It is not? I prefer to avoid plastic in general, so most clothes I buy are 100% cotton. If I wanted to, I could also go with organic cotton instead, it’s almost always an option for online clothing stores (less so for the metal band shirts which I wear 99% of the time).
SoftTalker 2y ago
I remember when fleece and microfiber fabrics (made out of recycled plastic bottles) were introduced and loved because it "kept plastic out of the waste stream." Nobody thought ahead to "those cheap blankets and jackets are going to be thrown away too" (I've never seen fleece fabric accepted for recycling) and "they shed microfibers every time you wash them."
hilux 2y ago
Cotton production uses immense amounts of water. It may not contain plastic micro-beads, but it is a eco-disaster.
- Retric 2y ago
  Much of the US can grow cotton without irrigation. So in effect it can use effectively zero water in some places and a great deal in others. People assume water is in a limited supply simply because they live in an area poorly suited to human habitation. Instead there’s more than a 10x difference in annual precipitation between the dryer areas and wet areas of the US: https://www.eldoradoweather.com/climate/US%20Climate%20Maps/Lower%2048%20States/Precipitation/Mean%20Total%20Precipitation/Gallery/mean-total-precipitation.html https://www.eldoradoweather.com/climate/US%20Climate%20Maps/...
- yetihehe 2y ago
  I prefer cotton to plastic fibers floating everywhere in our environment after washing clothes. In plastic clothes, a lot of people (me including) smell awful and no amount of antiperspirants helps.

It's hard to find clothing made from natural fibers like organic cotton nowadays

by consf 2y ago

It's hard to find clothing made from natural fibers like organic cotton nowadays

Yep. Just for fun, I searched for "wool shirt", clicked the first result, opened the first men's shirt I found[1], and checked the fabric: 38% Montana Merino Wool, 50% American Polyester, 12% Modal (beech wood pulp). Half plastic, when I searched specifically for wool. [1] https://www.duckworthco.com/products/mens-vapor-pocket-tee https://www.duckworthco.com/products/mens-vapor-pocket-tee

Semaphor 2y ago

It is not? I prefer to avoid plastic in general, so most clothes I buy are 100% cotton. If I wanted to, I could also go with organic cotton instead, it’s almost always an option for online clothing stores (less so for the metal band shirts which I wear 99% of the time).

SoftTalker 2y ago

I remember when fleece and microfiber fabrics (made out of recycled plastic bottles) were introduced and loved because it "kept plastic out of the waste stream." Nobody thought ahead to "those cheap blankets and jackets are going to be thrown away too" (I've never seen fleece fabric accepted for recycling) and "they shed microfibers every time you wash them."

hilux 2y ago

Cotton production uses immense amounts of water. It may not contain plastic micro-beads, but it is a eco-disaster.

Retric 2y ago
Much of the US can grow cotton without irrigation. So in effect it can use effectively zero water in some places and a great deal in others. People assume water is in a limited supply simply because they live in an area poorly suited to human habitation. Instead there’s more than a 10x difference in annual precipitation between the dryer areas and wet areas of the US: https://www.eldoradoweather.com/climate/US%20Climate%20Maps/Lower%2048%20States/Precipitation/Mean%20Total%20Precipitation/Gallery/mean-total-precipitation.html https://www.eldoradoweather.com/climate/US%20Climate%20Maps/...
yetihehe 2y ago
I prefer cotton to plastic fibers floating everywhere in our environment after washing clothes. In plastic clothes, a lot of people (me including) smell awful and no amount of antiperspirants helps.