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    Why we use cotton to make our bags.


    We wanted to find a fiber that was made domestically, provided durability and ease of care, offered color choices to fit with the current trends while being environmentally friendly.  Cotton was the ideal solution.

    Here is an excerpt from the Cotton Inc. website that explains why cotton has advantages over synthetic fibers and other natural fibers.  To read more about the sustainability of cotton,visit
    http://www.cottoninc.com/sustainability/

    The Sustainability of Cotton Compared to Synthetic Fibers

    Unlike petroleum-based fibers, cotton is energy self-sustaining, and does not contribute to net greenhouse gas emissions. Most synthetic fibers are derived from some form of a petroleum product. By the most optimistic estimates, the world’s petroleum reserve will be depleted in 100-years;i therefore, even with recycling, ultimately it is difficult to label synthetic fibers “sustainable.” Unlike synthetic fibers, cotton has the potential to be energy self-sustaining, even energy generating (see the section of this web-site that addresses cotton and energy resources). And in addition to being energy positive, cotton fiber is over 40% carbon, thus actually reducing the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.ii No petroleum-based, synthetic fiber has the possibility of being energy or carbon positive since their manufacture does not utilize solar energy and includes a net movement of carbon from stored petroleum to released and consumed carbon.

    Cotton Compared to Other NATURAL Fibers

    There are other natural fibers, but none are as biologically efficient as cotton in producing a product ideally suited for apparel.  For example, both wool and silk require “processing” of plant-based energy through an animal before a fiber is produced, while, cotton takes sunlight and converts it directly to fiber without intermediate processing steps.  Furthermore, wool requires almost four-times the amount of land as cotton to achieve equivalent production mass.iii That is, if all the fiber needs met by the cotton grown in the U.S. were to be replaced by wool, it would take 48 million acres to support wool production as opposed to 12.5 million acres of land for cotton.  Applying the same reasoning to silk production, where an acre of mulberry trees is needed to generate 35 pounds of raw silk,ivover 20 times the land would be required to produce fiber from silk as opposed to cotton.

    http://www.cottoninc.com/Cotton-vs-Other-Natural-Fibers/Cotton-Sustainability-vs-Other-Fibers/

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