{"id":22040,"title":"Sustainable Clothes","description":"What is sustainable clothing? Sustainability means conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources. Each step in creating sustainable clothing from growing the raw materials to manufacturing the finished product and transporting it to market must be environmentally friendly and protect the health of humans and ecological systems. Organically grown cotton Not all natural clothing is sustainable clothing","content":"

What is sustainable clothing?<\/strong>
Sustainability means conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources. Each step in creating sustainable clothing from growing the raw materials to manufacturing the finished product and transporting it to market must be environmentally friendly and protect the health of humans and ecological systems.<\/span><\/p>

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Hi I am Larry the founder of <\/span>Mytees.uk<\/span><\/a>, a men's, women's and children\u2019s wear designed to look good, feel good, be well made, and above all, reflect respect for the Earth. All the clothing Is made from Organically grown cotton<\/u><\/a> and and produced in Co2 free factories then shipped out using the remnants from the cotton to produce the paper for the packaging and labels. That\u2019s what Sustainability means to us.<\/p>

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Organically grown cotton<\/u><\/span><\/a>
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<\/span>Not all natural clothing is sustainable clothing.<\/strong>
For example, conventionally grown cotton is natural but is not considered sustainable because large amounts of pesticides and herbicides are used to grow it. Conventionally grown cotton uses 25% of the world's insecticides and more than 10% of the pesticides (including herbicides, insecticides, and defoliants) according to the Organic Trade Association and others. The Organic Consumers Association estimates that in the US, 1\/3 pound of agricultural chemicals is typically used to make one tee shirt.<\/p>

Though natural dyes may be obtained from vegetable or animal sources without chemical processing, many of the setting agents (mordants) pose environmental hazards. Products using toxic mordants are not considered sustainable.<\/p>

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Until Now at Mytees.uk<\/a> we only use Organic cotton which is certified by GOTS<\/u><\/a> find out more about GOTS here<\/u><\/a><\/h2>

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<\/span>Organic clothing produced abroad is not the most sustainable clothing.<\/strong>
Because it travels thousands of miles before reaching market, organic clothing produced abroad has a larger ecological footprint than organic clothing produced in the USA.<\/p>

Though a US-based company may use fabric that is imported (very little fabric is currently made here), if designing, grading, sampling, cutting and sewing is done in the USA, it will have a smaller carbon footprint and be a more sustainable product.<\/p>

To be considered sustainable, clothing should be:<\/p>