The paper attempts to understand various environment friendly approaches in the production of khadi fabric with special focus on carbon footprint. The detailed information about raw material, manufacturing process, utilization of energy and water during manufacturing of cotton khadi from yarn to fabric was sought. The information obtained was with respect to waste management, by-products of the manufacturing process, nature of air pollutants and toxic substances if any, produced during the manufacturing process. The khadi is considered 100% natural, it is handspun and hand-woven and does not rely on electric units. The manufacturing process does not generate toxic waste products.

本文试图了解卡迪面料生产中的各种环保方法，特别关注碳足迹。寻求有关卡迪棉从纱线到织物制造过程中原材料、制造过程、能源和水的利用的详细信息。获得的信息涉及废物管理、制造过程的副产品、空气污染物的性质和制造过程中产生的有毒物质（如果有的话）。卡迪被认为是 100% 天然的，它是手纺和手工编织的，不依赖于电动装置。制造过程不会产生有毒废物。