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Environmental issues of textiles and fibres
After reading this article you will..
- Understand the overall environmental state of the textile and fashion industries.
- Understand the effect of textile production and care on the global air and marine pollution.
- Have knowledge about the main sources of information about the legislation and standards of fibres and textiles.
- Have knowledge about the current state of development of bio-based synthetic and protein polymers as raw materials for fibres.
Man-made bio-based fibre products
- Introduction to man-made bio-based fibre products
- Man-made bio-based fibre products and their end-uses
- Textile fibres, processing and end-uses
- Key aspects of the down-stream conversion processes
- Production of bio-based fibres
- Dissolving pulp as a raw material
- Cellulose esters of organic acids
- Production of viscose fibres
- General description of carbamate processes
- Production of lyocell fibres
- Production of Cupro fibres
- Carbon fibres from regenerated cellulose
- Production of Alginate fibres
- Viscose and lyocell machinery developments
- Processing of silkworm and spider silk protein fibres
- Polylactide fibres
- Polyhydroxyalcohols PHA and poly(caprolactone)
- Scientific principles of polymer fibre forming
- Alternative and emerging processes for bio-based synthetic fibers
- Ionic liquid as direct solvents: Ioncell-F method
- Enzymatic activation of cellulose – Biocelsol method
- Cellulose carbamate process
- Direct spinning of cellulose composite fibre yarn
- Cellulose-lignin blend as carbon fibre raw material
- Bio-based polyolefines — emerging processes
- Bio-based polyesters — emerging processes
- Polyamides from ligno-cellulosics as raw materials
- Industrial development with silkworm and spider silk
Authors & references
Author:
Professor Emeritus, Pertti Nousiainen, Tampere University
References:
- Michael Carus, The Potential of Bio-based Textile Fibres ANNUAL TEXTILE ETP CONFERENCE Nova-Institut GmbH, Hürth (Cologne), Germany, 24-25 APRIL 2019 BRUSSELS.
- https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/fashion/textiles-clothing/legislation_en
- Environmental impact of the textile and clothing industry. What consumers need to know, EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service Author: Nikolina Šajn Members’ Research Service PE 633.143 – January 2019
- Binder K, EU flagship initiative on the garment sector, EPRS, European Parliament, April 2017.
- Binder K, Improving global value chains key for EU trade, EPRS, European Parliament, June 2016.
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation, A new textiles economy: redesigning fashion’s future, 2017.
- European Clothing Action Plan, Mapping clothing impacts in Europe: The environmental cost, 2017.
- European Environment Agency, Environmental indicator report 2014: Environmental impacts of production-consumption systems in Europe, 2014.
- Global Fashion Agenda & The Boston Consulting Group, The Pulse of the Fashion Industry, 2017.
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This page has been updated 25.03.2021