Green and Sustainable Textile Materials
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 10875
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainability in the textile industry; sustainable dyeing; textile recycling; circular economy; LCA; UN-SDGs; fast fashion; microplastics
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Interests: textile materials; sustainability; colorations; finishing; surface modifications
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The entire textile-production process, from the production of fiber through to the finished garment, poses a significant threat to the environment. The production of sustainable textiles not only helps to lessen the textile industry’s harmful impacts on the environment, but it also enables millions of people to receive fair pay and ensures that they are provided with appropriate working conditions. In general, the textile industry creates significant climate changes (SDG 13), water pollution (SDGs 14 and 6), and land pollution (SDG 15) during production, from fiber production to finished garments. The concept of “reduce, reuse, and recycle” is widely used to highlight sustainability, with the goal of encouraging individuals and corporations to reduce the resources they use.
This Special Issue focuses on the significance of using green and sustainable textile materials in all stages of the manufacturing process, from fiber to garment. In this issue, we are paying special attention to green and sustainable textiles and fashion, throughout all five stages of the product life cycle (i.e., material, manufacturing, retail, consumption, and disposal). Additional focus is being placed on social responsibility, environmentally responsible management of supply chains, and environmentally conscious product design in the textile and apparel industries. Communications, full papers, and reviews from authors all over the world are encouraged for submission to this Special Issue, with particular interest in submissions from interdisciplinary research teams working in academia, government, and industry.
Dr. Aravin Prince Periyasamy
Prof. Dr. Jiri Militky
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable textile product innovation
- green processing
- sustainability practices
- sustainable product development
- fashion
- textile
- sustainable supply chain
- circular textile economy
- waste valorization
- risk
- circular economy
- biomaterials
- climate impacts
- recycling
- clothes
- waste
- life cycle assessment
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