Environmental Impact of Textiles: Production, Processes and Protection (Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles)

Environmental impact of textiles examines what effects all phases of textile production and use have on the environment, from growing or making fibres to discarding a product after its useful life has ended. It looks at the physical environment affected by these processes, including resource depletion, pollution and energy use; the biological environment, by considering what happens as a result of manufacture, and the social environment as it impinges on our psychological, physical and physiological comfort, as well as our financial well-being. It pulls together a wide range of examples drawn from a diverse collection of sources and integrates them to form a new and coherent set of ideas. This comprehensive approach has not been undertaken before and has never previously been associated with textile production and use. In addition to its analysis of the environmental impact of textile manufacturing activity, the book also considers the degradation suffered by textile materials within the environment whether by air pollution, wind, water and other agents. Environmental impact of textiles provides a complete survey of how developments in the textile industry and consumers of its products have affected the environement in the past. The book also covers the most recent solutions adopted by the industry in the hope that some alleviation of the problems can be achieved without sacrificing high textile production targets and the ways in which the industry is responding to the environmental challenge. It will be an essential reference for anyone involved and concerned with its future environmental footprint. Published in association with The Textile Institute Environmental impact of textiles examines what effects all phases of textile production and use have on the environment, from growing or making fibres to discarding a product after its useful life has ended. It looks at the physical environment affected by these processes, including resource depletion, pollution and energy use; the biological environment, by considering what happens as a result of manufacture, and the social environment as it impinges on our psychological, physical and physiological comfort, as well as our financial well-being.

It pulls together a wide range of examples drawn from a diverse collection of sources and integrates them to form a new and coherent set of ideas. This comprehensive approach has not been undertaken before and has never previously been associated with textile production and use.

In addition to its analysis of the environmental impact of textile manufacturing activity, the book also considers the degradation suffered by textile materials within the environment whether by air pollution, wind, water and other agents.

Environmental impact of textiles provides a complete survey of how developments in the textile industry and consumers of its products have affected the environment in the past. The book also covers recent solutions adopted by the industry in the hope that some alleviation of the problems can be achieved without sacrificing high textile production targets and the ways in which the industry is responding to the environmental challenge. It will be an essential reference for anyone involved and concerned with its future environmental footprint.

• Examines the effects textile production and use have on the environment, from growing or making fibres to discarding a product after its useful life has ended
• Looks at how the physical environment is affected by textile production processes, including resource depletion, pollution, energy use and the biological environment
• Considers the degradation suffered by textile materials within the environment by air pollution, wind, water and other agents

Environmental impact of textiles examines what effects all phases of textile production and use have on the environment, from growing or making fibres to discarding a product after its useful life has ended. It looks at the physical environment affected by these processes, including resource depletion, pollution and energy use; the biological environment, by considering what happens as a result of manufacture, and the social environment as it impinges on our psychological, physical and physiological comfort, as well as our financial well-being.It pulls together a wide range of examples drawn from a diverse collection of sources and integrates them to form a new and coherent set of ideas. This comprehensive approach has not been undertaken before and has never previously been associated with textile production and use.In addition to its analysis of the environmental impact of textile manufacturing activity, the book also considers the degradation suffered by textile materials within the environment whether by air pollution, wind, water and other agents.Environmental impact of textiles provides a complete survey of how developments in the textile industry and consumers of its products have affected the environment in the past. The book also covers recent solutions adopted by the industry in the hope that some alleviation of the problems can be achieved without sacrificing high textile production targets and the ways in which the industry is responding to the environmental challenge. It will be an essential reference for anyone involved and concerned with its future environmental footprint. Examines the effects textile production and use have on the environment, from growing or making fibres to discarding a product after its useful life has ended Looks at how the physical environment is affected by textile production processes, including resource depletion, pollution, energy use and the biological environment Considers the degradation suffered by textile materials within the environment by air pollution, wind, water and other agents Preliminaries......Page 2 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 10 1 Structure and stability of the ecosystem......Page 14 2 The health of our planet......Page 22 3 The nature of textiles......Page 30 4 Textile fibre production......Page 36 5 Yarn production......Page 53 6 Fabric production......Page 74 7 Fabric treatment processes......Page 82 8 Use of textiles......Page 103 9 Environmental protection......Page 111 10 Effects on textiles of natural exposure......Page 128 11 Thermal exposure......Page 152 12 Chemical and microbiological attack......Page 165 13 Protection of or by textiles from environmental damage......Page 174 14 Conclusions......Page 191 Section 1 Cotton scouring with enzymes......Page 196 Section 2 Wool scouring with enzymes......Page 200 Section 3 Bleaching with peroxide......Page 202 Section 4 Sizing and desizing......Page 203 Section 5 Pollution reduction in dyeing......Page 204 Section 6 Medical applications of textiles......Page 207 Section 8 Sporting goods and other uses......Page 209 Section 9 Effluent treatment......Page 210 Section 10 Recycling......Page 214 References......Page 216 Index......Page 220 This comprehensive book examines the effects that all phases of textile production and use have on the environment, from growing or making fibres to discarding a product after its useful life has ended. It looks at the physical environment affected by these processes, including resource depletion, pollution and energy use and the biological environment, by considering what happens as a result of manufacture. It also considers the degradation suffered by textile materials within the environment whether by air pollution, wind, water and other agents. The most recent solutions adopted by the indu. This book examines the effects that all phases of textile production and use have on the earth around us, from growing or making fibres to discarding a product after its useful life has ended. It looks at the physical environment, including air, water and land; the biological environment, by considering what happens as a result of manufacture; and the social environment as it impinges on our psychological, physical and physiological comfort--as well as our financial well-being