
Sustainable Technologies for Fashion and Textiles
Description
Key Features
- Addresses sustainability challenges that occur throughout the supply chain, from the sourcing of raw materials, to recycling finished products
- Provides introductions to sustainability—both in general and within the textiles industry—making this topic accessible for readers of all backgrounds
- Compares the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to sustainability, helping readers avoid pitfalls when devising their own strategies
Readership
Practitioners across the textile industry with an interest in sustainability, including R&D, manufacturing, and management. Academics in the fields of sustainable textiles, materials, or industry
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to sustainability
2. Sustainability in textiles and apparel
3. Traditional raw materials and problems
4. Sustainable raw materials
5. Yarn and fabric manufacturing: sustainable technologies
6. Enzyme applications in textile chemical processing
7. Plasma technology in fashion and textiles
8. Applications of ultrasound and microwave
9. Applications of laser technology
10. Development of textile colourants
11. Natural textile colourants and recent developments
12. Developments in dyeing and printing technologies
13. Developments in the effluent treatment
14. Garment manufacturing and sustainability
15. Advanced technologies adapted by fashion brands
16. Recycling of hard waste from textile and garment manufacturing processes
17. Recycling of end of life clothes
18. Recycling of plastics into textile raw materials (Discuss about the recycling of PET, PE bottles into fibres, environmental benefits)
Product details
- No. of pages: 394
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Woodhead Publishing 2019
- Published: December 1, 2019
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- eBook ISBN: 9780081028681
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081028674
About the Editor
Rajkishore Nayak
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