It takes more raw materials to make sneakers than a cotton dress

It takes more raw materials to make sneakers than a cotton dress. 

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The clothes we wear have a bigger

environmental impact

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than you may think. 

Making clothes uses a huge amount of water. 1 pair of jeans = 7,000 to 10,000L* 
*According to a September 2018 report by ADEME. 

That’s around 50 to 70 bathtubs full. It also requires

coal

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, oil, natural gas, copper, iron, nickel, phosphorus,

uranium

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and more. 

These resources are used to

power

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garment factories and make fabrics but also to dye cloth (mercury and lead) and tan leather (chrome). 

Did you know? To make a 300g cotton shirt, you need to extract 79 times* its weight in raw materials. 
*According to a September 2018 report by ADEME. 

For a cotton dress, the amount of raw materials needed is estimated at nearly 100kg*, compared with 20kg* for a pair of sneakers. 
*According to a September 2018 report by ADEME.