Textile and clothing, as the resources of clothes, are regarded as the second skin of human body and the first element of our life. In addition, they have a significant influence on human health and security. Therefore, the pollution of textile products should draw widespread attention.
Recently, several developed countries have announced relevant textile environmentally-friendly standards and have strictly controlled the contents of harmful substances in the clothes. Not only have they introduced a series of legislations for environmentally-friendly textile, but also controlled the pollution of textile products effectively. Nowadays, the increasing public awareness and sense of social responsibility related to environmental issues have led the textile industry to manufacture products with improved environmental profiles. However, compared with environmentally-friendly textile and clothing products abroad, there are still various harmful substances to human health in the products in China. Consequently, researching and developing environmentally-friendly textile and clothing products has become an important trend in the textile industries.
In this project, I will draw a comparison between international and Chinese environmentally-friendly textile and clothing products. First, this essay will explain what environmentally-friendly textile and clothing product is. In the second section, it will compare the situation of international environmentally-friendly textile industries with that of China. This part will also include the analysis of the gap between them. By doing this, I hope to suggest some methods in which Chinese environmentally-friendly textile industry can develop its own way.
2. Definition
Environmentally-friendly textile and clothing product have the minimum impact on the human body and natural environment, also has the characteristics of the recyclable, the low pollution and the resource saving in the process from the choice of the
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