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El costo ambiental de los textiles
Summary
This article examined the environmental cost of the textile industry, focusing on synthetic fiber production, microplastic fiber shedding during use, and end-of-life disposal as interconnected contributors to plastic pollution.
Textiles are important for human life, they protect us from the weather, textiles can be used as a means of expres-sion, and foster economic development. However, their manufacture and use cause environmental, social, and economic costs, for instance, the depletion of natural resources, climate change, water pollution, and generation of waste, nano, and microplastics. Technological advances and management systems have reduced these impacts, but the joint partici-pation of government, industry, and society in the administration of natural resources and waste is essentia