Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

Assessing the Environmental Impact of Textiles and the Clothing Supply Chain (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Assessing the Environmental Impact of Textiles and the Clothing Supply Chain, Second Edition, is a fully updated, practical guide on how to identify and respond to environmental challenges across the supply chain. This new edition features updates to important data on environmental impacts and their measurements, the sustainable use of water and electricity, and new legislation, standards and schemes. Chapters provide an introduction to the textile supply chain and an overview of the methods used to measure environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas emissions, water and energy footprints, and a lifecycle assessment (LCA) on environmental impacts.

This book will be a standard reference for R&D managers in the textile industry and academic researchers in textile science.

• Provides a holistic view of the sustainability issues that affect the textile value chain
• Explains ways to calculate the textile industry's use of resources, its impact on global warming, and the pollution and waste it generates
• Reviews key methods for the reduction of the environmental impact of textile products and how they are implemented in practice
• Includes methods for calculating product carbon footprints (PCFs), ecological footprints (EFs) and lifecycle assessments (LCA)

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780128197844
• Artikelnr.: 61687871

Autorenporträt

Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu is the Director & Head of Sustainability for SgT & API (Hong Kong), and a Director of the Textile and Bioengineering Informatics Society (TBIS), a charity created to develop and promote the bioengineering of materials, fibers and textiles. Well-known for his contributions in the field, his extensive academic and industrial experience has led to over 85 books and more than 100 research publications.

Inhaltsangabe

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Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
Chapter 1: The textile supply chain and its environmental impact

Abstract:
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The textile supply chain: an overview
1.3 The production of natural fibres
1.4 The production of synthetic fibres
1.5 Spinning
1.6 Fabric manufacture
1.7 Finishing processes
1.8 Apparel manufacture
1.9 Distribution and retail
1.10 Usage and disposal
1.11 Summary: key challenges in assessing and reducing environmental impacts
Chapter 2: Ways of measuring the environmental impact of textile processing: an overview

Abstract:
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Ways of measuring the environmental impact of textile processing and textile products
2.3 Environmental legislation relating to textiles
2.4 Current environmental standards and schemes in the industry
2.5 Summary: key methods reviewed in this book
Chapter 3: Textile processing and greenhouse gas emissions: methods for calculating the product carbon footprint (PCF) of textile products

Abstract:
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The main principles of carbon footprint measurement
3.3 Carbon footprint assessment methodology
3.4 Applications of product carbon footprint (PCF) assessment to key stages in the supply chain
3.5 Application of PCF assessment in textiles
3.6 Summary: key challenges in calculating the PCF in textiles
Chapter 4: Calculating the water and energy footprints of textile products

Abstract:
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Water footprints: an introduction
4.3 Methods for assessing water footprints
4.4 Applications of water footprint assessment to key stages in the textile supply chain
4.5 Energy footprints: introduction and methods of assessment
4.6 Applications of energy footprint assessment to key stages in the textile supply chain
4.7 Summary: key challenges in calculating water and energy footprints
Chapter 5: Textile processing and resource depletion: calculating the ecological footprint of textile products

Abstract:
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Main principles and methods
5.3 Application to key stages in the supply chain
5.4 Summary: key challenges in calculating ecological footprints (EFs) in textiles
Chapter 6: Estimating the overall environmental impact of textile processing: life cycle assessment (LCA) of textile products

Abstract:
6.1 Introduction
6.2 History of life cycle assessment (LCA)
6.3 Basic principles of LCA
6.4 LCA goal and scope definition
6.5 Life cycle inventory analysis
6.6 Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA)
6.7 Life cycle interpretation
6.8 Standards for LCA
6.9 Different LCA methods
6.10 Different LCIA methods
6.11 Tools for calculation of LCAs
6.12 Advantages and limitations of LCA
6.13 Summary
Chapter 7: Life cycle assessment (LCA) and product carbon footprint (PCF) modelling of textile products

Abstract:
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Modelling for product carbon footprint (PCF) and life cycle assessment (LCA) of textile products
7.3 Available databases for LCA and PCF modelling of textiles and the clothing supply chain
7.4 Key issues in using databases
7.5 Difficulties in modelling and simulation
7.6 Summary
Chapter 8: End-of-life management of textile products

Abstract:
8.1 Introduction
8.2 End-of-life product management options
8.3 Reuse of textile products
8.4 Recycling of textile products
8.5 Incineration and landfilling of textile products
8.6 Biodegradation of textile products
8.7 Summary
Chapter 9: Measuring the environmental impact of textiles in practice: calculating the product carbon footprint (PCF) and life cycle assessment (LCA) of particular textile products

Abstract:
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Cotton clothing: life cycle assessment (LCA) studies of T-shirts
9.3 Cotton clothing: LCA studies of jeans
9.4 Woollen clothing: LCA study of a sweater
9.5 Synthetic clothing: LCA studies of polyester garments
9.6 Linen textiles: LCA of a linen shirt
9.7 Technical textiles: LCA studies of medical textile products
9.8 N