Sustainable Approaches in Textiles and Fashion (eBook, PDF)

Circular Economy and Microplastic Pollution
Redaktion: Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This first of this set of books presents the various sustainable approaches in terms of circular economy and micro plastic pollution pertaining to the textiles and fashion supply chain. Sustainability is one of the important aspects in today's industrial context, which is followed by every industrial sector with no exception to textiles and fashion. Sustainability and strict adherence to the principles of sustainability has become one of the essential needs in industry. There are countless measures in terms of various approaches to make the textiles and fashion sector sustainable. These measures, but not limited to, range from innovating and implementing new fibres and raw materials, introducing innovative manufacturing methods, chemicals, processes to focus on all the possible stages of a textile product's life cycle from cradle to grave. These approaches include making the textiles and fashion sector circular and also development of new products from sustainable raw materials/processes or combination of both.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
• Seitenzahl: 205
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789811905308
• Artikelnr.: 63739073

Autorenporträt

Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu currently works for SgT Group as Head of Sustainability, and is based out of Hong Kong. He earned his PhD from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and is a renowned expert in the areas of Environmental Sustainability in Textiles & Clothing Supply Chain, Product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Product Carbon Footprint Assessment (PCF) in various industrial sectors. He has five years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, research and development and textile testing and over a decade's of experience in life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon and ecological footprints assessment of various consumer products. He has published more than 100 research publications, written numerous book chapters and authored/edited over 100 books in the areas of Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Environmental Assessment and Environmental Sustainability.

Inhaltsangabe

Synthetic Textile And Microplastic Pollution - An Analysis On Environmental And Health Impact.- Enabling circular fashion through product life extension.- Challenges And Opportunities For Circular Fashion In India.- A study on the comparison of fabric properties of recycled and virgin polyester denim.- A look back at zero-waste fashion across the centuries.- Advancements in recycling of polyethylene terephthalate wastes: A Sustainable Solution to achieve a Circular Economy.- Converting Textile Waste Into Designer Wall And Floor Tiles: A New Approach To Recycle Textile Waste.- Sustainable Development Goal - Sustainable Management & Use Of Natural Resources In Textile & Apparel Industry.