Putting Cotton in the Right Context
On June 12, 2022 a New York Times article highlighted some of the difficulties and misconceptions of measuring environmental impacts in the fashion industry. Given Cotton Incorporated’s mission as a research organization, we’re encouraged to see discussion around...
Cotton Fiber Fragments and Water
There’s all this talk about microfibers—or fiber fragments, period—but what really happens when clothing, towels, and bedding shed fibers in the wash and enter into our waterways? Depending on the fiber, textiles can accumulate in waterways and break down at different...
Microfiber Animation
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Q&A video with Mary Ankeny
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