Sustainability in the Textile and Apparel Industries

Production Process Sustainability

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Av Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Miguel Angel Gardetti

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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 sustainable consumption and production.This volume addresses the technologies and mechanical processes of textile production, and what sustainable methods can be employed to achieve improved safety and environmental health. The book covers sustainable aspects of printing, dyeing, coloration, weaving, knitting, tailoring, surface design and antimicrobial finishing for environmentally friendly textile and apparel products.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-04-01
Mått155 x 235 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry
Antal sidor215
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030385477

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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 seven years of experience in life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon and ecological footprints assessment of various consumer products. He has published more than 75 research publications, written numerous book chapters and authored/edited multiple books in the areas of Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Environmental Assessment and Environmental Sustainability.Miguel Angel Gardetti (Ph.D.), founded the Centre for Study of Sustainable Luxury, first initiative of its kind in the world with an academic/research profile. He is also the founder and director of the “Award for Sustainability in the Universe of Luxury in Latin America”. For his contributions in this field, he was granted the “Sustainable Leadership Award (academic category),” in February, 2015 in Mumbai (India). He is an active member of the Global Compact in Argentina –which is a United Nations initiative-, and was a member of its governance body –the Board of The Global Compact, Argentine Chapter - for two terms. He was also part of the task force that developed the “Management Responsible Education Principles” of the United Nations Global Compact. This task force was made up of over 55 renowned academics worldwide pertaining to top Business Schools.

Chapter1: Printing with sustainable natural dyes and pigments.- Chapter2: Sustainability in textile dyeing: - Recent developments.- Chapter3: Ozone: an alternative oxidant for textile applications.- Chapter4: Innovative technologies for sustainable textile coloration, patterning and surface effects.- Chapter5: Sustainable finishing process using natural ingredients.- Chapter6: Cellulose textile colouring with clay particles – and enviro safe process.- Chapter7: Sustainability in dyeing and finishing.- Chapter8: Sustainable textile processing with zero water utilization using super critical carbondioxide technology.- Chapter9: Sustainability in the spinning process.