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Identifying Practices and Prospects of Chemical Safety and Security in the Bangladesh Textiles Sector
Author: Farah Haque, Md. Mursalin Rahman Khandaker, Rathin Chakraborty, and Mohidus Samad Khan
The textile sector is the backward linkage industry for the $30 billion USD apparel sector of Bangladesh, which is the key contributor to the rapid growth of Bangladesh’s economy. This major export-oriented sector of the country consumes a large amount of complex chemical substances for different stages of its processing. It is estimated that almost 1.47 million metric tons of chemicals have been consumed by the textile sector of Bangladesh in fiscal year 2017–2018, which is worth over about $2 billion USD.
Water Footprint Management for Sustainable Growth in the Bangladesh Apparel Sector
Author: Laila Hossain and Mohidus Samad Khan
Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, primarily driven by its textile industries. A high amount of water is consumed and polluted in the production and processing of raw material to the final product in the textile industry. Therefore, water footprint assessment is important for textile products. In this study, the water footprint of cotton cultivation, transportation and textile industry was calculated by analyzing the amount of imported cotton, production and processing capacity of cotton yarn and cotton fabrics, wastewater volume, number of workers and pollution load database, for 2012–2016.