The nanoscale and hydrophobic structures of the network enable the otherwise water-absorbing cotton to repel water nearly as efficiently as the lotus leaf. Furthermore, the treated fabrics are ...
The seeds of the Aral Sea basin water crisis were planted in 1959 when the Soviet Union picked Central Asia to serve as its cotton supplier. Though cotton had been grown in Central Asia before ...
“As well as saving money, reusing uniform saves the environment as just one cotton t-shirt takes 2,700 litres of water to make,” she says. “In terms of sustainability, why would you go and ...