Ecotextiles

Ecotextiles: The Way Forward for Sustainable Development in Textiles

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  • Provides a key guide to best practice in sustainable production
  • Includes expert reviews of current developments in recycling, sustainable production and process optimisation
  • Assesses novel technologies, including new fibres and finishing techniques
  • Summary

    A carefully -chosen and edited selection of 23 papers from the Ecotextile 2004 Conference held at the University of Bolton, this book explores recycling and use of waste as raw materials in such areas as clothing and carpet manufacture. It discusses sustainability and eco-desitn with papers on improved design, use of sustainable fibers, and manufacturing techniques. Subsequent chapters review sustainable development and renewables, including composites made from textile waste. They tackle waste management in areas such as dyeing and effluent treatment. The book closes with an assessment of novel technologies, including new fibers and finishing techniques.

    Table of Contents

    RECYCLING AND USE OF WASTE AS RAW MATERIALS
    Perception Towards Clothes with Recycled Content and Environmental Awareness: The Development of End Markets, Y. Nakano

    Acoustic and Mechanical Properties of Underlay Manufactured from Recycled Carpet Waste, I. Rushforth, K. Horoshenkov, S.N Ting, and M. Miraftab

    Carpet Fiber Recycling Technologies, Y. Wang

    Use of Waste as Raw Materials: Efficient Recycling Techniques, S. Macaulay

    Building Eco-Design Throughout the Supply Chain: A New Imperative for the Textile Industry, T. Bhamra

    SUSTAINABILITY AND ECO-DESIGN
    Supply Chain Partnerships for Sustainable Textile Production, J.R Easton

    Molecular Manufacturing for Clean, Low Cost Textile Production, D. Forrest

    The Substitution of Hemp and Flax for Cotton in Wound Spool Filters, C. Sevajee and R. Edyvean

    It May Be Eco-Friendly but is an INGETM/Cellulose Blend Strong Enough to Withstand Wet Processing? J. Suesat and D. Phillips

    Eco Initiatives in the Textile Pipeline: A South African Experience, P. Foure and T. Mlauli

    SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND RENEWABLES
    The Use of Renewable Resource Based Materials for Technical Textiles Applications, R. Shishoo

    Some Properties of Kenaf and Kenaf Combined Waste Composites, W.Y. Ahmad, J. Salleh, M.F. Yahya, M I Abdul Kadir, and M.I.Misnon

    Tensile and Flexural Properties of Composites Made from Spinning Waste, J. Salleh, W.Y.W. Ahmad, M. F. Yahya, S. A. Ghani, and M.I. Misnon

    UK Technical Textiles: Issues Relating to Sustainability, B. McCarthy and C. Bryne

    WASTE MANAGENENT
    The Effect of a Flocculent on the Colour Removal Properties of a Conditioned Activated Sludge, G. Smart and J. Binkley

    The Anaerobic Digestion of Textile Desizing Wastewater, R. Dinsdale and K. Bryne

    Effluent Treatment Using a Submerged Aerated Filter, E. Groom

    Effluent Treatment at Thos Chadwick & Sons Ltd, M. Madden and M. Andrews

    Protective Properties of Textiles Dyed with Natural Dyes, D. Gupta

    NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES
    Tandem Wet-on-Wet Foam Application of Both Crease-Resist and Antistatic Finishes, J. Pearson and A. Elbadawi

    An All Natural Slip Resistant and Absorbent Fibrous Material, S. Hutchinson

    Laser and Devore, J. Stoyel

    Cellulose-Protein Textiles: Utilisation of Sericin in Textile Finishing, A. Kongdee and T. Bechtold

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