A Spatial Water Footprint Assessment of Recycled Cotton T-Shirts: Case of Local Impacts in Selected China Provinces

In global trade, the manufacture and consumption of cotton textile products are intervening in hydrological cycle. To address relationship between product system unsustainable use local water resources, a spatial footprint assessment is needed. This study presents method that was demonstrated case domestically produced T-shirts three recycle scenarios. The results showed scarcity conventional T-shirt, eco recycled T-shirt 2.45 H2O eq, 1.74 8 × 10−2 respectively, water-eutrophication 1.18 PDF·m2·yr−1, 9.47 10−3 4.04 respectively. Two interesting have been found. Firstly, hydrosphere has affected by consumption; thus any choice made manufacturers consumers may lead to an impact on resource region far from location. Secondly, effect reduction will be more apparent places with severe stress. offers transparent result each phase’s potential contribution environment could make quantitative comparison stages, products, impacts. Thus, critical component sustainability management improvement supply chain.