Roadmap to Sustainable Textiles and Clothing: Environmental and Social Aspects of Textiles and Clothing Supply Chain

ISBN-13: 9789812871091 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 287 str.

Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

Opis

This book covers the elements involved in achieving sustainability in textiles and Clothing sector. The chapters to be covered in three volumes of this series title cover all the distinctive areas earmarked for achieving sustainabledevelopment in textiles and the clothing industry. This second volume deals with themeasurement of environmental and societal impacts across the textiles and clothing supply chain. It addresses this important aspect in a comprehensive way including the overall picture of environmental and societal impacts of textiles and clothing supply chain, environmentally sustainable clothingconsumption, emerging greentechnologiesand eco-friendly products forsustainable textiles, etc. This volume has a dedicated place to deal with the consumer phase impacts in the life cycle of clothing products, biodegradation of textile products, sustainable business development and its implications intextile sector.

Spis treści

Environmental impacts of textiles and clothing manufacturing link: An overview.- Life cycle assessment studies pertaining to textiles and clothing sector.- Carbon footprint and Ecological footprint measurement of textiles and clothing products.- Consumer behavior and its importance in the sustainability of clothing field.- Social impacts of textiles and clothing sector.- Biodegradation studies of textiles and clothing products.- Quantification of reuse and recycling of textile products and their sustainability implications.- Fashion industry and sustainability.- Waste reduction in textiles and clothing sector and its implications in sustainability of clothing products.- Social life cycle assessment of textiles and clothing products.- Eco-design/sustainable design of textile products.- Life cycle costing of textile products.- Functional use or product life time of textile products and their impact on sustainability.- Case studies on textile industries for the quantification of environmental impacts.- Open loop and closed loop recycling of textile products.

O autorze

Dr Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu is working for SGS Hong Kong for its Global Sustainability Services as Eco-design Consultant after his doctoral research study from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. He finished his PhD dissertation entitled, “Eco-functional assessment of grocery shopping bags” with 14 scientific peer-reviewed scientific journal publications, 2 patents and 11 conference publications based on his dissertation to his credit. In total, he has authored more than 75 journal publications and numerous conference publications, 3 books and 2 book of chapters. He serves various peer-reviewed journals in environmental and textile sciences as an editor/editorial board member and also as a reviewer.