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Fashion
On average, it takes 10,000 litres of water to produce 1 kilo of cotton, or 2,500 to 3,000 litres for a standard T-shirt (250 to 300 grams of cotton). That’s a lot of water consumption for such a small piece of fabric! 4% of the world’s drinking water is used to produce our clothes. The…
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Protecting water
We recently received instructions to save water. We all agree that water is a precious resource that must be preserved. Why aren’t the big water consumers targeted by these measures? Intensive corn, cotton and soya farming (including in deserts and devastated forests), concrete buildings, golf courses or clothing manufacturing consume a lot of water. What…
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What is wasting?
What is wasting? Chew twice in an apple and leave it because you’re full or eat two packages of industrial cakes and buy a fourth one because you’re still hungry?