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Sustainable apparel : production, processing and recycling /

"Sustainability is an issue that increasingly concerns all those involved in the apparel industry, including textile manufacturers, apparel designers, retailers and consumers. This important book covers recent advances and novel technologies in the key areas of production, processing and recycl...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Blackburn, R. S. (Richard S.) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Woodhead Publishing Limited, an imprint of Elsevier, [2015]
Series:Woodhead publishing in textiles ; no. 171.
Subjects:
Textile industry > Environmental aspects.
Textile fabrics > Recycling.
Textile fabrics > Technological innovations.
Clothing and dress > Technological innovations.
Sustainable development.
Sustainability.
Clothing factories > Environmental aspects.
Textiles et tissus > Industrie et commerce > Aspect de l'environnement.
Textiles et tissus > Recyclage.
Textiles et tissus > Innovations.
Développement durable.
Durabilité de l'environnement.
Ateliers de confection > Aspect de l'environnement.
sustainable development.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Textiles & Polymers.
Textile fabrics > Technological innovations
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Textile industry > Environmental aspects
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part one. Sustainable finishing and dyeing processes for textiles ; Environmentally friendly fabric finishes / D. De Smet, D. Weydts, and M. Vanneste
  • Processes for reducing the environmental impact of fabric finishing / D. Weydts, D. De Smet, and M. Vanneste
  • Plasma treatments for sustainable textile processing / C.-W. Kan
  • Enzymatic treatments for sustainable textile processing / J. Shen and E. Smith
  • Sustainable dyeing technologies / A. Khatri and M. White
  • Part two. Sustainable apparel design, retail and recycling ; Fashion design and sustainability / D. Williams
  • Technical design for recycling of clothing / E. Durham, A. Hewitt, R. Bell, [and] S. Russell
  • Sustainable apparel retail / M. P. Sumner
  • Measuring and communicating apparel sustainability / J. M. Kozar and K. Y. Hiller Connell
  • Apparel disposal and reuse / T. Lewis
  • Apparel recycling / J. M. Hawley.