Sustainable Textiles

Richard Blackburn

ISBN 10: 1845694538 / ISBN 13: 9781845694531

Editore: Elsevier Science Okt 2009, 2009

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Environmental issues are playing an increasingly important role in the textile industry, both from the point of view of government regulation and consumer expectations. Sustainable textiles reviews ways of achieving more sustainable materials and technologies as well as improving recycling in the industry.The first part of the book discusses ways of improving sustainability at various points in the supply chain. Chapters discuss how sustainability can be integrated into textile design, ensuring more sustainable production of both natural and synthetic fibres, improving sustainability in processes such as dyeing as well as more environmentally-friendly technologies including enzyme and plasma technologies. The second part of the book reviews consumer perceptions of recycled textiles, eco-labelling, organic textiles and the use of recycled materials in textile products.With a distinguished editor and an impressive range of international contributors, Sustainable textiles is an important reference for the textile industry and those researching this important topic. 416 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: Sustainable Textiles
• Editore: Elsevier Science Okt 2009
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1845694538
• ISBN 13: 9781845694531
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 240 L x 162 A x 37 P (millimetri) 240 millimetri di larghezza per 162 millimetri di altezza per 37 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 744 grammi

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Riassunto

Environmental issues are playing an increasingly important role in the textile industry, both from the point of view of government regulation and consumer expectations. Sustainable textiles reviews ways of achieving more sustainable materials and technologies as well as improving recycling in the industry.

The first part of the book discusses ways of improving sustainability at various points in the supply chain. Chapters discuss how sustainability can be integrated into textile design, ensuring more sustainable production of both natural and synthetic fibres, improving sustainability in processes such as dyeing as well as more environmentally-friendly technologies including enzyme and plasma technologies. The second part of the book reviews consumer perceptions of recycled textiles, eco-labelling, organic textiles and the use of recycled materials in textile products.

With a distinguished editor and an impressive range of international contributors, Sustainable textiles is an important reference for the textile industry and those researching this important topic.

• Reviews government regulations and consumer expectations about environmental impact on the textiles industry
• Discusses ways of achieving more sustainable materials and technologies as well as textiles recycling
• Examines how sustainability can be integrated into textile design, production and processes

Informazioni sull?autore

Richard Blackburn is Senior Lecturer in Textile and Colour Chemistry at the University of Leeds, UK. His research interests include thermodynamics and kinetics of application of colorants to synthetic and natural fiber substrates, synthesis and processing of biodegradable and sustainable fiber and chemicals from renewable resources.