Mapping of the negative social and environmental impacts of the jeans product life cycle

The Textile Industry plays an important role for society by providing products that become an essential part of the daily life of human beings. However, even in the face of its magnitude, it is considered one of the main polluting women worldwide. Its manufacturing process is known for consuming resources such as water, fuel and an extensive variety of chemicals, generating great impacts, both positive (job creation, development of the local market), as well as negative impacts (soil contamination, excessive water and energy consumption, atmospheric emissions of pollutants, solid waste, exploitation of labor, labor analogous to slave labor), in society, the environment and the economy. The production of the jeans product occupies a prominent place in relation to the textile industry because it has the most consumed fabric in the world. In view of this context and in accordance with the current socio-environmental scenario, this research emerges with a study proposal that encompasses the life cycle of the jeans product and the analysis of its stages, through a systematic literature review, aiming mainly to map the negative socio-environmental impacts resulting from the life cycle of the jeans product.