
Sustainability in Denim
Description
Key Features
- Reviews and studies denim from a sustainability perspective, addressing its major environmental, social and economic impacts
- Provides the reader with a fundamental knowledge of the history, manufacture and lifecycle of denim, thus enabling a holistic view of denim sustainability
- Presents new green initiatives for the processing and recycling of denim products for promotion and use amongst sustainability groups
Readership
R&D managers in the textile industry, researchers in textile and denim industry, designers, manufacturers, and sustainability personnel working with textiles
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Denim
2. Environmental Impacts of Denim
3. Environmental Impacts of Denim Washing
4. Life Cycle Assessment of Denim
5. Water Footprint of Denim Industry
6. Carbon Footprint of Denim Manufacturing
7. Denim Processing and Health Hazards
8. Chemicals and Effluent Treatment in Denim Processing
9. Chemicals and Effluent Treatment in Indigo Denim Process
10. Denim and Consumer's Phase of Life Cycle
11. Social Aspects in Denim Production
12. Sustainable Denim Processing
13. Sustainable Denim Processing using Water-free Technologies
Product details
- No. of pages: 372
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Woodhead Publishing 2017
- Published: June 12, 2017
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- eBook ISBN: 9780081020449
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081020432