Sustainable Innovations in the Textile Industry (paperback)

Description **2025 PROSE Award Category Winner in Engineering and Technology** Sustainable Innovations in the Textile Industry addresses advances taking place at every stage of the textile value chain that are leading to improvements in sustainability and resource efficiency. It contains comprehensive coverage of the complete textile process sequence, including fiber to textile manufacture and wet processing techniques, such as dyeing, printing, finishing, coating and cleaning. In addition, it also provides the latest industry knowledge on technological advances in textile machinery, supply chain, recycling, effluent discharge, and other innovations that enhance sustainability. This holistic approach is required to effectively address the sustainability issue, which requires action across the value chain. Having included historical aspects of sustainability in textiles as well as the state of the art in innovative fibers, chemicals and manufacturing processes, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in sustainable directions in the textile industry.   Contents 1. Sustainable innovations in textiles 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Innovations in textile manufacture 1.3. Sustainability of textile processing 1.4. Postproduction sustainability and circularity 1.5. Conclusion 2. Production and processing of natural fibres 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Historical aspects and current scenario 2.3. Sustainable production of natural cellulosic fibres 2.4. Sustainable production of protein fibres 2.5. Future perspectives 2.6. Conclusion 3. Innovations in man-made and synthetic fibres 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Historical aspects and current scenario 3.3. Impacts of fibres on health and environment 3.4. Renewable carbon approach in fibre industry 3.5. Innovations leading to sustainability, energy and resource efficiency 3.6. Future perspectives 3.7. Conclusion 4. Innovations in spinning processes and machinery 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Historical aspects and current scenario 4.3. Sustainable innovations in spinning processes 4.4. Sustainable innovations in spinning systems 4.5. Reduction in waste generation 4.6. Process automation and optimisation 4.7. Future perspectives 4.8. Conclusion 5. Innovations in weaving, knitting and nonwoven machinery 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Historical aspects and current scenario 5.3. Innovations leading to sustainability, energy and resource efficiency 5.4. Environmental awareness and future perspectives 5.5. Conclusion 6. Innovations in woven textiles 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Historical aspects and current scenario 6.3. Sustainability analysis of woven textiles 6.4. Innovations leading to sustainability in woven textiles 6.5. Future perspectives 6.6. Conclusion 7. Innovations in knitted textiles 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Historical aspects and current scenario 7.3. Sustainable raw materials for knitted fabrics 7.4. Sustainability aspects of product development 7.5. Knitting challenges and digital solutions 7.6. Circularity of knitted garments 7.7. Future perspectives 7.8. Conclusion 8. Innovations in nonwoven textiles 8.1. Introduction 8.2. Historical aspects and current scenario 8.3. Selection of sustainable fibres 8.4. Innovations leading to sustainable nonwoven products 8.5. Future perspectives 8.6. Conclusion 9. Innovations in dyes and chemoinformatics approach 9.1. Introduction 9.2. Historical aspects 9.3. Impacts of dyes on health and the environment 9.4. Sustainable innovations in dyes 9.5. Chemoinformatics approach for sustainable innovations 9.6. Future perspectives 9.7. Conclusion 10. Speciality chemicals, enzymes and finishes 10.1. Introduction 10.2. Historical aspects and current scenario 10.3. Impacts on health and the environment 10.4. Innovations leading to sustainable textile processes 10.5. Environmental awareness and future perspectives 10.6. Conclusion 11. Innovations in textile wet processing machinery 11.1. Introduction 11.2. Historical aspects and current scenario 11.3. Innovations in wet processing machinery 11.4. Innovations leading to sustainability and energy efficiency 11.5. Future perspectives 11.6. Conclusion 12. Innovations in textile pretreatments 12.1. Introduction 12.2. Historical aspects of pretreatments 12.3. Textile wet processing and pollution 12.4. Impacts on health and environment 12.5. Sustainable innovations in textile pretreatments 12.6. Environmental awareness and future perspectives 12.7. Conclusion 13. Dyeing, printing and digital colouration 13.1. Introduction 13.2. Historical aspects and current scenario 13.3. Circular economy in textiles 13.4. Innovations leading to sustainability and resource efficiency 13.5. Environmental awareness and future perspectives 13.6. Conclusion 14. Functional finishing and smart coating 14.1. Introduction 14.2. Historical aspects and current scenario 14.3. Sustainable innovations in functional finishes 14.4. Smart coating based on anchor peptides 14.5. Future trends 14.6. Conclusion 15. Garment machinery for regenerative manufacturing 15.1. Introduction 15.2. Historical pivot points for the fashion industry 15.3. Circular economy and regenerative clothing production 15.4. Sustainable innovations in garment manufacturing 15.5. Future perspectives 15.6. Conclusion 16. Sustainable textile care and maintenance 16.1. Introduction 16.2. Historical aspects and current scenario 16.3. Impacts on health and hygiene 16.4. Environmental impacts of washing 16.5. Innovations leading to sustainability and energy efficiency 16.6. Future perspectives 16.7. Conclusion 17. Sustainable supply chain and logistics of fashion business 17.1. Introduction 17.2. Historical aspects and current scenario 17.3. Supply chain of fashion business 17.4. Reverse supply chain 17.5. Closed-loop supply chain 17.6. Sustainable innovations in supply chain 17.7. Future perspectives 17.8. Conclusion 18. Closed-loop postconsumer textile recycling 18.1. Introduction 18.2. Historical aspects and current scenario 18.3. Circular textile economy 18.4. Sustainable innovations leading to resource efficiency 18.5. Ecological and socioeconomic impacts of recycling 18.6. Future perspectives 18.7. Conclusion 19. Textile effluent treatment and recycling 19.1. Introduction 19.2. Historical aspects and current scenario 19.3. Environmental impacts of textile effluents 19.4. Innovations in wastewater treatment plants 19.5. Sustainable innovations leading to energy and resource efficiency 19.6. Socioeconomic awareness and future perspectives 19.7. Conclusion 20. Sustainability aspects, LCA and ecolabels 20.1. Introduction 20.2. Historical aspects and current scenario 20.3. Pillars of sustainability 20.4. Impacts of textile industry on health and environment 20.5. Sustainable innovations and circular economy in textiles 20.6. Life cycle assessment 20.7. Ecolabels 20.8. Future perspectives 20.9. Conclusion