What is the true environmental cost of your favorite white t-shirt?
In short: With 2 billion t-shirts bought and sold globally every year, these garments are a staple of modern wardrobes. Angel Chang traces the production journey of a classic white t-shirt to reveal its manufacturing origins and ultimate ecological footprint.
The video explores the entire life cycle of a common garment, examining how a simple piece of clothing moves from production to disposal. By following the path of a single white t-shirt, the lesson highlights the massive scale of global clothing consumption and the environmental consequences that follow.
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