State of the art of post-consumer textile waste upcycling to reach the zero waste milestone

MD Stanescu - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021 - Springer
The textile industry is a large source of pollution due to the production of raw materials
(natural and synthetic fibers), preparation and finishing processes, as well as due to textile …

Carbon footprint reduction in the textile process chain: Recycling of textile materials

SSK Muthu, Y Li, JY Hu, L Ze - Fibers and Polymers, 2012 - Springer
It is an important task of people connected with the textiles and clothing sector to work on the
feasible ways to trim down the carbon footprint in each phase of a textile product's life cycle …

Recycling as the way to greener production: A mini review

G Hole, AS Hole - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Any industry have significant impact on environment and textile manufacturing is one of the
main contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. This paper summarizes and discusses the …

Textile wastes: Status and perspectives

B Ütebay, P Çelik, A Çay - Waste in textile and leather sectors, 2020 - books.google.com
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 …

Eco-sustainability of the textile production: Waste recovery and current recycling in the composites world

A Patti, G Cicala, D Acierno - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
This work aimed to review the recent scientific research, focused on the application of
recycled fibers, taken from textile waste, in the field of composite materials to fulfill the eco …

[HTML][HTML] Implementing circular economy principles in the apparel production process: Reusing pre-consumer waste for sustainability of environment and economy

UN Haq, SMR Alam - Cleaner Waste Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmentalists, the government, and the factory have always been more concerned with
the inevitable pre-consumer waste produced by the apparel sector. The sustainable …

An overview of cotton and polyester, and their blended waste textile valorisation to value-added products: A circular economy approach–research trends, opportunities …

K Subramanian, MK Sarkar, H Wang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Fast-changing fashion trends have resulted in increases in textile production and waste
generation. The environmental impacts of the production, consumption and end-of-life of …

Improving recycling of textiles based on lessons from policies for other recyclable materials: A minireview

G Hole, AS Hole - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2020 - Elsevier
Textile consumption has significantly increased, and textile encompasses about 5% of
landfill. The EU circular economy package adopted in 2018 will for the first time require …

Textile recycling processes, state of the art and current developments: A mini review

B Piribauer, A Bartl - Waste Management & Research, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
World fibre production has been rising continuously over last decades and a tremendous
increase is expected in the near future. The major portion of fibres goes to the textile industry …

Upcycled and low-cost sustainable business for value-added textiles and fashion

P Pandit, GT Nadathur, S Jose - Circular Economy in Textiles and Apparel, 2019 - Elsevier
The release of distressing volumes of greenhouse gases in the environment, disappearing
natural resources of clean water and fossil fuel reserves, and increasing pollution by …