Textiles and clothing sustainability

Abstract

Conventional textile production technologies have accepted almost the same in principle since the ancient time. Basic techniques of yarn spinning; surface manufacturing techniques of weaving, loop-based knitting, braiding, and felting; dyeing, printing, and sewing techniques; and equipment are not changed in principle. Principles are quite the same; however, it should be stated that technology improvements, especially production speed increase, are uninterruptedly continued to be able to respond the urge of consumption. Depending on increasing consumer demands, environmental concerns are also erected eventually. In textile production chain, every processing steps have its own environmentally harmful influence on the nature. Every single fiber, every yarn bobbin, each square meter of fabric, each chemical, consumer cycle time of each textile item, and recycle or waste stage of every single T-shirt leave its …