Waste Management in the Fashion and Textile Industries

• Author : Rajkishore Nayak,Asis Patnaik
• Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
• Release : 07 January 2021

Waste Management in the Textiles Industry explores and explains the latest technologies and best practices for an integrated approach to the management and treatment of wastes generated in this industry. Provides a strong technological analysis of the manufacturing supply chain, including spinning, fabric production, finishing, garment manufacture, and the packaging of clothing Explains how textile technology perspectives feed into management decision-making about sustainability Addresses the industry’s impact on air and water quality and landfill waste

• Author : Rajkishore Nayak
• Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
• Release : 01 December 2019

Sustainable Technologies for Fashion and Textiles combines the latest academic research and industrial practices to shed light on a wide range of activities that influence how the textiles industry affects the natural environment. Pressure from regulators, customers and other stakeholders has pressed companies to translate general sustainability concepts and ideas into business practices. This is leading to improvements in how the industry consumes water, electricity and chemicals, and to a reduction in the amount of waste generated by textile processes.

• Author : Pintu Pandit,Shakeel Ahmed,Kunal Singha,Sanjay Shrivastava
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 15 July 2020

The alarming level of greenhouse gases in the environment, fast depleting natural resources and the increasing level of industrial effluents, have made every single manufacturing activity come under the scrutiny of sustainability. When all kinds of waste such as clothes, furniture, carpets, televisions, shoes, paper, food wastes etc. end up in the landfill, only a few of them are naturally decomposed and thus a large majority remains as non-biodegradable. It is for this reason, efforts are concentrated to reduce the

• Author : Rajkishore Nayak
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 12 November 2020

The ways in which we design, make, transport and then discard clothes has a huge social and environmental impact. This book covers responsible business practices and sustainability in the fashion industry from the raw fibre stage, through production, to the point of customer consumption. The concepts of responsibility and sustainability are fast becoming essential factors in business decisions and Supply Chain Management and Logistics in the Global Fashion Sector leads the reader through the multiple stages in the supply chain

• Author : Pauline Treuherz,Amanda Dick,Denise Davies
• Publisher : Hachette UK
• Release : 12 March 2018

Exam board: AQA Level: A-level Subject: Design and Technology First teaching: September 2017 First exams: Summer 2018 (AS) Summer 2019 (A-Level) Encourage your students to be creative, innovative and critical designers with a textbook that builds in-depth knowledge and understanding of the materials, components and processes associated with the creation of fashion and textile products. Our experienced author team will help guide you through the requirements of the specification, covering the core technical and designing and making principles needed for the 2017 AQA AS

• Author : Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu,Miguel Angel Gardetti
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 06 April 2020

This book is part of a five-volume set that explores sustainability in textile industry practices globally. Case studies are provided that cover the theoretical and practical implications of sustainable textile issues, including environmental footprints of textile manufacturing, consumer behavior, eco-design in clothing and apparels, supply chain sustainability, the chemistry of textile manufacturing, waste management and textile economics. The set will be of interest to researchers, engineers, industrialists, R&D managers and students working in textile chemistry, economics, materials science, and

• Author : Carol Sze Ki Lin
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 13 August 2018

​The series Topics in Current Chemistry Collections presents critical reviews from the journal Topics in Current Chemistry organized in topical volumes. The scope of coverage is all areas of chemical science including the interfaces with related disciplines such as biology, medicine and materials science. The goal of each thematic volume is to give the non-specialist reader, whether in academia or industry, a comprehensive insight into an area where new research is emerging which is of interest to a larger scientific

• Author : Kate Fletcher
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 17 December 2013

Praise for the previous edition: "[A] fascinating book." John Thackara, Doors of Perception "Provides the foundations for a radical new perspective." Ethical Pulse "At last a book that dispels the idea that fashion is only interested in trend-driven fluff: not only does it have a brain, but it could be a sustainable one." Lucy Siegle, Crafts Magazine Fully revised and updated, the second edition of Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys continues to define the field of design in fashion

• Author : Miguel Angel Gardetti,Ana Laura Torres
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 08 September 2017

There is no doubt that the textile industry – the production of clothing, fabrics, thread, fibre and related products – plays a significant part in the global economy. It also frequently operates with disregard to its environmental and social impacts. The textile industry uses large quantities of water and outputs large quantities of waste. As for social aspects, many unskilled jobs have disappeared in regions that rely heavily on these industries. Another serious and still unresolved problem is the flexibility textile industry

• Author : F. A. Ortega Riegos,M. Lega,H. Itoh
• Publisher : WIT Press
• Release : 30 January 2019

Containing the proceedings from the 9th International Conference on Waste Management and the Environment, this book is a collection of research on current waste disposal methods, as well as highlighting better practices and safer solutions for the future. Waste Management is one of the key problems of modern society due to the ever-expanding volume and complexity of discarded domestic and industrial waste. Society is increasingly aware of the need to establish better practices and safer solutions for waste disposal. This

• Author : David Crowther,Farzana Quoquab
• Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
• Release : 30 November 2020

An investigation of the effects of an increasing retreat towards isolationism which is developing in the world. The research takes places at global, regional, industrial and local levels in locations around the world to arrive at an analysis.

• Author : Aldo Alvarez-Risco,Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu,Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 04 May 2022

This book highlights ways to evaluate circular economy using global standard and footprints the way global firms are using to ensure the measurement of the impact. It presents various case studies from different sectors with the efforts made to contribute to circular economy and at the same time its contribution to minimize carbon and water footprints.

• Author : Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu,Miguel Angel Gardetti
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 19 March 2020

This book is part of a five-volume set that explores sustainability in textile industry practices globally. Case studies are provided that cover the theoretical and practical implications of sustainable textile issues, including environmental footprints of textile manufacturing, consumer behavior, eco-design in clothing and apparels, supply chain sustainability, the chemistry of textile manufacturing, waste management and textile economics. The set will be of interest to researchers, engineers, industrialists, R&D managers and students working in textile chemistry, economics, materials science, and

• Author : Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 23 May 2017

This first volume on detox fashion discusses various interesting topics including a Toxic-Free Supply Chain for Textiles and Clothing; Environmental Issues in Textiles; Global Regulations, Restrictions & Research; Making the Change: Consumer Adoption of Sustainable Fashion; and Strategies for Detoxing Your Wardrobe. It provides an overview of the chemical-related issues confronting the fashion sector, summarizes global regulations, and discusses how to make the change by changing consumers’ attitude towards adopting sustainable fashion, as well as the best strategies for detoxing our

• Author : Miguel Ángel Gardetti,Rosa Patricia Larios-Francia
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 29 July 2021

This book highlights the sustainable aspects of fashion and textiles in Latin America and discusses how the manufacturing and consumption of textile products and fashion are significant sources of environmental damage. It addresses important issues of water and energy consumption in the textile and fashion industry and using case studies presents how social responsibilities in consumer behavior can help in minimizing these environmental issues for a better future.