Overview

Environmental impacts created by the textiles and fashion sector are well known and acknowledged by various stakeholders involved in the entire supply chain. The entire lifecycle of textile products creates various impacts to the environment and hence any attempts to alleviate the impacts are highly welcomed. The whole sector is keen to investigate novel sustainable alternatives in terms of raw materials, processes, approaches to make the entire textiles and fashion sector more sustainable. This broad title of novel sustainable alternatives can be split into three subtopics: novel raw material alternatives, novel process alternative and novel alternative approaches. This volume is dedicated to dealing with novel sustainable raw material alternatives for the textiles and fashion industry.

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Author:   Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2023 ed.
Weight:   0.527kg
ISBN:  

9783031373220

ISBN 10:   3031373227
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   01 September 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. SUSTAINABILITY BY USING PRECONSUME TEXTILE BASED DEADSTOCK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CAPSULE COLLECTION: A CASE REPORT.- Chapter 2. SUSTAINABLE COLORANTS FROM NATURAL RESOURCES.- Chapter 3. Tillandsia usneoides L. (Spanish Moss) Air Plant and Its Important Potential for Sustainable Technical Textile Applications.- Chapter 4. Luxurious sustainable fibers.- Chapter 5. Sustainable products from natural fibres/biomass as a substitute for single-use plastics : Indian context.- Chapter 6. SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES FOR NON-APPAREL TEXTILE PRODUCTS USED IN SPORTS.- Chapter 7. COTTON FIBER AND ITS SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES.- Chapter 8. Ancient Natural Colors From Chincheros.- Chapter 9. ECOPOTS- AN ALTERNATIVE TO PLASTIC SAPLING BAGS.- Chapter 10. An Alternative Fiber Source in Sustainable Textile and Fashion Design:  Cellulosic Akund Fibers.

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Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu is currently the Chief Sustainability Officer at Green Story Inc, Canada, based out of Hong Kong. He earned his PhD from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and is a renowned expert in the areas of Environmental Sustainability in Textiles & Clothing Supply Chain, Product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Product Carbon Footprint Assessment (PCF) in various industrial sectors. He has five years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, research and development and textile testing and over a decade's of experience in life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon and ecological footprints assessment of various consumer products. He has published more than 100 research publications, written numerous book chapters and authored/edited over 150 books in the areas of Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Environmental Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Sustainability.

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