Environmental sustainability of textiles and apparel: A review of evaluation methods

Y Luo, K Song, X Ding, X Wu - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental sustainability, which considers the tradeoff between economic productivity
and environmental impact, is an important perspective in product decisions for textiles and …

A systematic review of the life cycle environmental performance of cotton textile products

S Chen, L Zhu, L Sun, Q Huang, Y Zhang, X Li… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The production of cotton textiles involves cotton cultivation, ginning, spinning, weaving,
knitting, dyeing, finishing, cutting and sewing. It consumes large quantities of freshwater …

Materials biography as a tool for designers' exploration of bio-based and bio-fabricated materials for the sustainable fashion industry

V Rognoli, B Petreca, B Pollini… - … : Science, Practice and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The fashion industry is highly responsible for critical environmental problems and the sector
is increasingly aware of the urgent need to embark on a sustainable transition. Materials …

Carbon and water footprints assessment of cotton jeans using the method based on modularity: A full life cycle perspective

Y Luo, X Wu, X Ding - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Cotton jeans with huge market demand have a great potential negative impact on the
ecological environment, especially in terms of climate change and water depletion. Given …

Virtual carbon and water flows embodied in global fashion trade-a case study of denim products

M Zhao, Y Zhou, J Meng, H Zheng, Y Cai… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The environmental impacts of the fashion industry have been aroused wide concerns. The
globalization and fragmentation of the textile and fashion system have led to the uneven …

Transforming non-wood feedstocks into dissolving pulp via organosolv pulping: An alternative strategy to boost the share of natural fibers in the textile industry.

RE Vera, KA Vivas, F Urdaneta, J Franco, R Sun… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work evaluates wheat straw, switchgrass, and hemp hurd as potential alternatives for
producing dissolving pulp using sulfur dioxide (SO 2)-ethanol-water (SEW) pulping. The …

[HTML][HTML] “I'll take the easiest option please”. Carbon reduction preferences of the public

A Brock, I Williams, S Kemp - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
The depth and breadth of the climate crisis is well known, all sectors, industry, government
and the individual have the potential to reduce emissions to slow or stop catastrophic …

Determining the Contributions in a Denim Fabric Production for Sustainable Development Goals: Life Cycle Assessment and Material Input Approaches

B Sarı, F Zarifi, M Alhasan, H Güney, S Türkeş… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this paper, within the framework of increasing the contributions to sustainable
development goals and reducing the water footprint, the sustainable production potential of …

[HTML][HTML] Utilization of post-consumer waste for sustainable denim manufacturing

KF Rabbi, BU Banna, R Mia, MR Islam… - Case Studies in Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The utilization of post-consumer waste (PCW) in the textile industry has gained significant
attention as a sustainable approach towards reducing waste and conserving resources. This …

Current development and future prospects of designing sustainable fashion

Z Xue, Z Huang - Autex Research Journal, 2023 - degruyter.com
In recent years, the entire fashion industry has been striving to develop in a more
sustainable way. As the starting and crucial link of fashion product development, the process …