Sustainable Apparel Production, Processing and Recycling

Description Sustainability is an issue that increasingly concerns all those involved in the apparel industry, including textile manufacturers, apparel designers, retailers and consumers. This important book covers recent advances and novel technologies in the key areas of production, processing and recycling of apparel. Part One addresses sustainable finishing and dyeing processes for textiles. The first two chapters concentrate on the environmental impact of fabric finishing, including water consumption, emissions and waste management. Further chapters focus on plasma and enzymatic treatments for sustainable textile processing, and the potential for improving the sustainability of dyeing technologies. Part Two covers issues of design, retail and recycling, and includes discussions of public attitudes towards sustainability in fashion, methods of measuring apparel sustainability and social trends in the re-use of apparel. Key Features Reviews sustainable finishing and dyeing processes for textiles Addresses social attitudes towards and methods for measuring sustainability in the apparel industry and retail sectors Covers recycling of apparel Readership R&D managers in the apparel industry, apparel designers and manufacturers, postgraduate students and academic researchers in textile science Table of Contents Part One: Sustainable Finishing and Dyeing Processes for Textiles 1: Environmentally friendly fabric finishes Abstract 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Waste minimization in fabric finishing 1.3 Chemical substitution 1.4 Reusable binders 1.5 Water-free and high solid finishing formulations 1.6 Use of biobased and/or biodegradable finishes 1.7 Regulations 1.8 Future trends 1.9 Conclusion Acknowledgments Sources of further information and advice 2: Processes for reducing the environmental impact of fabric finishing Abstract 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Waste minimization in fabric finishing 2.3 Wastewater treatment and management 2.4 Regulations 2.5 Future trends 2.6 Conclusion Acknowledgments Sources of further information and advice 3: Plasma treatments for sustainable textile processing Abstract Acknowledgments 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Plasma treatments used in textile processing 3.3 Sustainability of plasma treatments 3.4 Future trends 3.5 Conclusion Sources of further information and advice 4: Enzymatic treatments for sustainable textile processing Abstract Acknowledgments 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Enzymes used in textile processing 4.3 Industrial textile bioprocessing 4.4 Advanced research in the enzymatic treatment of textile materials 4.5 Application of enzymes in textile surface design 4.6 Future trends 5: Sustainable dyeing technologies Abstract 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Apparel fibers and dyeing 5.3 Preparation processes 5.4 Dye classes and dyeing process fundamentals 5.5 Dyeing processes for apparel fabrics 5.6 Dyeing technology, machinery, and sustainability 5.7 Effluent treatment and recycling 5.8 Future trends in dyeing 5.9 Conclusion Sources of further information Part Two: Sustainable Apparel Design, Retail and Recycling 6: Fashion design and sustainability Abstract 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Fashion and sustainability narratives 6.3 Fashion design for sustainability research and education 6.4 Fashion’s practices and locations 6.5 Fashion as agency 6.6 The making of making 6.7 The creation of flow 6.8 Fashion design roles and parts 6.9 Designer as determiner: The creator of boundary objects 6.10 Designer as cocreator: Facilitator 6.11 Designer as condition creator: The creator of learning devices 6.12 Design methods and design filters 6.13 Design from hierarchy to heterarchy 7: Technical design for recycling of clothing Abstract 7.1 Technical aspects of garment design 7.2 Automated disassembly of garments 7.3 Future trends 8: Sustainable apparel retail Abstract 8.1 Introduction 8.2 The retail model 8.3 Sustainable retail 8.4 Retail impacts 8.5 Retail supply chains 8.6 Traceability and transparency 8.7 Consumer behavior 8.8 Sustainable retail futures 8.9 Conclusion 9: Measuring and communicating apparel sustainability Abstract 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Criteria of assessing apparel sustainability 9.3 Tools for measuring consumer aspects of apparel sustainability 9.4 Communicating apparel sustainability 9.5 Future trends 9.6 Conclusion Sources of further information and advice 10: Apparel disposal and reuse Abstract 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Fate of discarded apparel 10.3 Apparel reuse 10.4 Future trends Sources of further information and advice 11: Apparel recycling Abstract 11.1 Introduction to the problem 11.2 Fashion and overconsumption: The root cause of the waste problem 11.3 The apparel recycling process 11.4 Global examples 11.5 Rethinking what is fashionable Index