Cotton is a very popular, versatile fabric, but it's also very rough on the land, leeching nutrients out of the soil at a phenomenal level, demanding vast amounts of water, and requiring many gallons of fossil fuel to plant, harvest, and process into cloth.

Ecology-minded textile experts have come up with a couple methods of lessening the impact of cotton farming and textile processing on the environment. One is using organic methods of growing cotton; another that is gaining popularity is recycling.

Benefit of Organic