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Levi Strauss Jeans - Cradle to Grave

1. COTTON PRODUCTION

6. Recycling

The first step that is taken to produce, distribute and use jeans is cotton production. The cotton comes from West Texas, Mississippi Delta and Brazil. It is transported by truck to the location where step 2 takes place.

5. Consumer Use

The jeans are reused and recycled, helping to cut out two steps in the process.

U.S. consumers use the jeans. One of two things could happen after this. Either the jeans are reused and recycled or disposed of.

Out of all of the steps in the process, the consumer-use phase has the highest impact on climate change (58%). This phase also has the highest energy use (58%) and the second highest impact on water consumption (45%) after the cotton-production phase (49%).

2. Fabric Production

Step 2 in the process is fabric production. This takes place in Mexico, North Carolina and Brazil. After the fabric has been produced, it is then shipped or driven by truck to step 3.

End of Life

4. Transportation and Distribution

The jeans either are disposed of in a landfill in the U.S., or they are disposed of by incineration in the U.S.

Garments are shipped or driven by truck to Pool Point in McDonough, GA. Trucks then take them to Hebron, KY, Canton, MS, and Henderson, NV. The product is then driven to a direct retailer somewhere in the U.S., a large retailer in the U.S., or an online retailer in Kentucky.

3. Garment Manufacturing

Step 3 is garment manufacturing. This step could take three different routes. The garments could be driven to Mexico, where they are cut and sewn, then driven to a different location in Mexico to be finished. Garments could be shipped or driven to the Dominican Republic, where they are cut, driven to Haiti, where they are sewn, and then driven to the Dominican Republic to be finished. Garments could also be driven or shipped to Egypt, where they are cut, sewn, and finished.

Liz Eisenhauer and Will Gaston

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