Fill in the Blanks 232-testOnline version 232-test by Farhad Key 1 toward overstate growing comb their across steered produced based their leaving supply The environmental impact of the global textile industry is hard to . One - third of the water used worldwide is spent fashioning fabrics . For every ton of cloth , 200 tons of water is polluted with chemicals and heavy metals . An estimated 1 trillion kilowatt - hours of electricity powers the factories that card and , spin and weave , and cut and stitch materials into everything from T - shirts to towels , behind mountains of solid waste and a massive carbon footprint . " Where the industry is today is not really sustainable for the long term , " says Shreyaskar Chaudhary , chief executive of Pratibha Syntex , a textile manufacturer outside Indore , India . With something of an " if you build it , they will come " attitude , Mr . Chaudhary has Pratibha the leading edge of eco - friendly textile production . Under his direction , Pratibha began making clothes with organic cotton in 1999 . Initially , the company couldn't find enough organic farms cotton in central India to its factories . To meet production demands , Chaudhary's team had to convince conventional cotton farmers to change growing methods . Pratibha provided seeds , cultivation instruction , and a guarantee of fair - trade prices for crops . Today , Pratibha has a network of 28 , 000 organic cotton growers the central states of Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra , and Orissa .
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