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Environmental Analysis of Textile Value Chain: An Overview

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Roadmap to Sustainable Textiles and Clothing

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Clothing is something required by all human beings. It is one of the most fundamental requirements needed to survive. It is the biggest economic activity the textile industries are involved into satisfy the ever growing demands in terms of quality, variety and other technical requirements. Increasing public awareness and sense of social responsibility related to environmental issues have led the textile industry to manufacture products with improved environmental profiles. In recent years, environmental benefit claims such as environmentally friendly, environmentally responsible, eco-safe, recycled and green materials have often been used to describe and promote products which supposedly have minimal negative environmental impacts. Sustainability does not just mean ecologically sustainable, although that is often the part of sustainability focused on today. This chapter aims to give an insight into the comprehensive details relating to the various processes in the value chain of textile and clothing manufacturing such as fibres, yarn and fabric production processes, textile chemical processing and their influence on the environment.

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Karthik, T., Gopalakrishnan, D. (2014). Environmental Analysis of Textile Value Chain: An Overview. In: Muthu, S. (eds) Roadmap to Sustainable Textiles and Clothing. Textile Science and Clothing Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-110-7_6

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