Clothing from virgin cotton or clothing from recycled textile. A comparison by using openLCA

Cotton is the most often used natural fiber across worldwide, and it’s an essential component of the textile industry. In 2017, production of cotton around the total global was amounted to some 120.86 million bales. more than the half of the world’s total production volume of cotton is from countries like India, China, and the United States. The total global supply of cotton, stocks included, stood at approximately 248.63 million bales in 2017.The fashion industry is considered as one of the most wasteful industries in the world. As they produce way more clothes than we need and we through them after a couple of wears. And the worst part is, the most of our clothes goes to landfill, even though it could easily reuse or recycle them. An average consumer throws away 70 pounds (31.75 kilograms) of clothing per year. Globally we produce 13 million tons of textile waste each year 95% of which could be reused or recycled. In this paper we are going discuss about the process involved in the production of cotton from cultivation to the final product (fabrics) and process involved in the recycling of cotton textile, and a comparison of life cycle assessment (LCI) of clothing from virgin cotton or clothing from recycled cotton by using OPEN LCA(LCA software)