All courses · Textile Lifecycle
🧵
Textile Lifecycle
Follow a t-shirt from cotton field to landfill — and learn how to break the cycle.
1
From Fibre to Landfill
The full journey of one t-shirt across 4 continents and 8 production stages.
14 min
2
Why Blends Can't Be Recycled
Why a 50/50 cotton-polyester shirt is a recycling nightmare — and a chemistry lesson.
10 min
3
Your T-Shirt's Water Footprint
It takes 2,700 litres of water to grow the cotton for one shirt. Why? And what about linen?
11 min
4
Lifecycle Lab
Compare 4 garments side-by-side — cotton tee, polyester hoodie, linen shirt, recycled fleece.
15 min