What are leggings made of?
Leggings take polyurethane, nylon, polyester, spandex and sewing thread directly. Trace them back and you pass 24 made things on the way to 11 raw materials.
How leggings are made See it on the map
What goes straight in
From the ground: 11 raw materials
- Water through sewing thread
- Crude oil through polyurethane, propylene
- Air through nylon, nitric acid
- Rock salt through spandex, chlorine
- Natural gas through nylon, ammonia
- Sulfur through spandex, chlorine, sulfuric acid
- Coal through spandex, benzene, toluene
- Corn through spandex, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Limestone through spandex, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through spandex, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through spandex, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 19 things
Chemicals and fuels 16
PropyleneNitric acidChlorineBenzeneAmmoniaFormaldehydeEthylene glycolNaphthaSulfuric acidHydrogenToluenePara-xyleneEthyleneMethanolOxygen gasCarbon dioxide