Textile Waste and its Application

2015

Municipal Waste, the trash consisting of everyday discarded items has been identified as one of the major cause of pollution. This waste includes products like paper, scraps of plastic, metals and food, textile etc. These components need to be addressed to reduce the pollution. Textile waste comprises of waste created at industrial level (damaged textile, cut and sew waste) and at household level (worn out clothes). The recycling by reprocessing and reusing of waste collected from both levels may help in reducing pollution to some extent. The textiles composition effect the method of recycling. Ways by which textiles can be recycled includes: i. Sending waste textile to the flocking industry where the shredded yarns are used for making filling material for automobile insulation and roofing felt. ii. Recreating new household items from used clothes. This Paper throws light on managing textile waste which is a component of the municipal waste and poses a threat to the environment. The...

V INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE CONTEMPORARY TRENDS AND INNOVATIONS IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY, 2022

As a result of global population growth and rising living standards, textile fiber production and consumption are projected to continue to grow and global fiber production is expected to reach 156 million tonnes by 2030. The increase in the production and consumption of textile products causes an increase in the amount of generated textile waste. The increasing quantities of textile waste is a significant problem, as 2 to 15 kilograms of waste per person are generated annually in Europe. The largest producers of textile waste in Europe are Belgium, Czech Republic, Portugal, Italy, Austria and Netherlands. Only 20% of clothing waste is collected globally for reuse or recycling. The remaining 80% is deposited or incinerated, resulting in a large loss of energy and raw materials.

Textile is one of the primary needs of human beings in the modern world. The Textile industry has a vast production capacity across the globe. Regarding the production capacity, it generates a considerable amount of solid waste. Under sustainable development, most textile industries pay attention to implementing a proper waste management system. The importance of reducing, reusing, recycling, and managing waste is motivated by the increasing cost and decreasing availability of dumping areas, and the diminishing of natural resources. The central government imposes several regulations, protocols, and structures to guide the process of textile industries towards being environmentally friendly. Most textile industries worldwide tend to establish a sustainable development department to implement the waste management process. But the main barriers to managing wastes are lack of technology, lack of equipment, and lack of consumer awareness about recycled and upcycled products. It is essential to give knowledge to consumers about the value of buying recycled and upcycled products. It will help ensure a good market for these products and motivate textile industries to manage their waste correctly.

textile learner, 2022

This study is a collective assessment on the numerous ways accessible to recycling textile garbage like composting, paper production, approaches employed by fashion businesses to recycle old garments. Special attention is given to technical textile materials, composite materials and non-woven industries that entail product development employing upcycled wastes. This might be an amazing experience to scholars and entrepreneur worldwide to engage in more scientific research and assist in lowering the disposal pollution

Environmental Research, Engineering and Management, 2019

Manufacturing of textile and apparel contributes depletion of water resources, the use of natural resources, the release of water and air pollution and increasing the amount of waste entering landfills. Industrial textile waste represents nearly half of the whole flow of textile waste. Major part of the industrial textile waste is landfilled, because of the lack of technologies and infrastructure for recycling. The practice of mixing all the textile cuttings at the apparel production companies, leads to the challenge for reuse or recycling of the leftovers.. Textile companies are obliged to look for alternative waste management options in order to meet the requirements and challenges of Circular Economy action plan published by the European Commission. This article represents the model created for the analysis of industrial textile waste flows and development of scenarios for reasonable waste management. The model and methodologies involved are oriented to preventive solutions-The evaluation of the efficiency of the model is based on sustainability indicators which represents the effect of the scenarios for environmental, economic and social aspects. The implementation of the model to the case study of Lithuanian apparel production company, have disclosed that improvements at the industrial textile waste management within the company, could lead to the increase of efficient use of resources (three times) and environmental impact (twice).

Waste in Textile and Leather Sectors, 2020

The world population has grown tremendously in the past few decades, and the same period also witnessed improvements in living standards in general. These two developments have augmented the consumption of textiles, which in turn increased textile production. Global production of all apparel and textile fibers amounted to more than 110 million tons annually, leading to the generation of high amount of textile wastes. In order to ensure sustainability and reduce environmental impacts in the textile and apparel sector, utilizing a circular economy model is of utmost importance. Recycling of textile waste is a requirement for the implementation of a circular model. This study presents a general evaluation of management of textile wastes, in terms of ensuring sustainability and minimizing environmental impacts.

IJSRED | International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Development

2014

The textile dyeing industry consumes large quantities of water and produces large volumes of wastewater from different steps in the dyeing and finishing processes. Wastewater from printing and dyeing units is often rich in color, containing residues of reactive dyes and chemicals, and requires proper treatment before being released into the environment. The toxic effects of dyestuffs and other organic compounds, as well as acidic and alkaline contaminants, from industrial establishments on the general public are widely accepted. Increasing public concern about environmental issues has led to closure of several small-scale industries Babu, B. R et al., (2007).

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2017

Today societies are already experiencing changes in their production systems and even consumption in order to guarantee the survival and well-being of future generations. This fact emerges from the need to adopt a more sustainable posture in both people's daily lives and productive systems. Within this context, textile sustainability emerges as the object of study of this work whose aim is to analyse which sustainability dimensions are being prioritized by the clean waste management systems of the textile and garment industries. This article aims to analyse solutions that are being proposed by sustainable creative business models in the reuse of discarded fabrics by the textile industry. Search also through a qualitative research by a case study (the Reuse Fabric Bank) understand the benefits generated by the re-use in environmental, economic, social and ways to add value.