There's a wonderful book called Stuff: The Hidden Life of Everyday Objects. And it talks about the back story of something like a t-shirt. And it talks about where the cotton was grown and the fertilizers that were used and the consequences for soil of that fertilizer. And it mentions, for instance, that cotton is very resistant to textile dye; about 60 percent washes off into wastewater.
Exista o carte minunata numita: "Lucruri: viata ascunsa a obiectelor uzuale" si vorbeste despre povestea din spatele unui tricou, despre locul in care a fost cultivat bumbacul ingrasamintele folosite si consecintele lor asupra solului. Cartea mentioneaza, de exemplu, ca bumbacul este foarte rezistent la colorantii textili; in jur de 60% se pierde in apa reziduala.