Sustainability in denim /

Sustainability in Denim provides the latest information on sustainable fabrics and practices. From cotton farming, to manufacture and end of life disposal, denim has extensive effects on the environment, inclusive of water consumption and contamination, destruction of large-scale ecosystems and tran...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Duxford, United Kingdom ; Cambridge, MA, United States : Woodhead Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier, [2017]
Series:	Textile Institute book series.
Subjects:	Denim > Environmental aspects. Sustainable development. Denim > Aspect de l'environnement. Développement durable. sustainable development. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Textiles & Polymers. Sustainable development Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction to denim / S.G. Annapoorani
Environmental impacts of denim / K. Amutha
Environmental impacts of denim washing / A.K.R. Choudhury
Life-cycle assessment of denim / A.P. Periyasamy, J. Wiener and J. Militky
Water footprint of denim industry / H. Pal, K.N. Chatterjee and D. Sharma
Carbon footprint in denim manufacturing / T. Karthik and R. Murugan
Denim processing and health hazards / A.P. Periyasamy and J. Militky
Chemicals and effluent treatment in denim processing / R. Rathinamoorthy and T. Karthik
Chemicals and effluent treatment in indigo denim processes / V. Buscio and C. Gutiérrez-Bouzán
Denim and consumers' phase of life cycle / A.P. Periyasamy and J. Militky
Social aspects in denim production / I. Braga and M.J. Abreu
Environmentally friendly denim processing using water-free technologies / K.K. Samanta, S. Basak and S.K. Chattopadhyay.