Can you tell me first what is a textile?
Oh, that's a very good question.
A textile is everywhere, it's made of fibers.
A building has a structure of wood or brick.
A textile has a structure made from fibers.
Okay, like what kind of fibers?
Fibers, all different kinds, natural, and in past 70 years, 80 years, also synthetic.
Okay.
So, we created synthetic fibers, for one reason.
Yeah, because some of the properties, the natural fibers did not have.
Like stretchiness.
The strength.
Strength.
And toughness.
So, we have to create things.
So, we just invented something new.
Yeah, something new.
But where do those fibers actually come from?
And natural fibers grow, such as cotton.
Okay.
Synthetic fibers come from the oil.
Because oil.
And we extract many, many different products from oil.
Some of them are the basic blocks of the polymers that they make the fibers.
For synthetic material.
A molecule is made of carbon or silicon.
And then it has a few other atoms around it.
And then create a monomer.
And the monomer put together, create a polymer.
And polymer, many of them together, create a single fiber.
Okay.
And then single fibers twisted together, create yarn.
Yarn is made into the fabric.
And the fabric is cut and sewn into clothing.
So, resources such as oil or other resources are there.
We have limited resources, so we have to be careful how we are using it.
Yeah?
A single t-shirt, a cotton t-shirt.
It takes 750 gallon of water to process it.
Oh my gosh.
Just one t-shirt.
Or one t-shirt.
Okay.
So by the time we get a cotton piece of clothing, even if the fiber is natural, we've used a
lot of unnatural processes and a lot of resources to get it into this new form.
Because it's not like a shirt grows on a tree.
Exactly.
Every single fiber has a use.
No single thing is bad or feel good.
There is a bad selection of end-use by things that last longer.
You use it more.
Therefore, you extend his life.
Thank you.