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🏭 Processing & Production
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After harvesting, cotton is processed in factories:
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- First, it is cleaned and ginned.
- Next, it is spun into yarn.
- The yarn is woven or knitted into fabrics.
- Then the fabrics are dyed, cut, and sewn into T-shirts in garment factories.
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Most production sites are located in countries with low wages such as Bangladesh, Vietnam, or Ethiopia. There, poor working conditions, low wages and unsafe workplaces are common. Child labor and excessive working hours are unfortunately still widespread.
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⚙ processing