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Preface |
Sustainability through the supply chain / Part I: |
Achieving sustainable textiles: a designerÆs perspective / A. Sherburne1: |
Introduction: key issues affecting textile and fashion design / 1.1: |
Strategies for fashion and textile design / 1.2: |
Strategies for textile and fashion designers: recycling and reuse - beginning to close the loop / 1.3: |
The designer empowered / 1.4: |
Sources of further information and advice / 1.5: |
References / 1.6: |
Sustainable cotton production / L. Grose2: |
Introduction / 2.1: |
Cotton basics / 2.2: |
Global ecological effects / 2.3: |
Economic systems / 2.4: |
Farm systems / 2.5: |
Water / 2.6: |
Chemicals / 2.7: |
Conclusions / 2.8: |
Future trends / 2.9: |
Sustainable wool production and processing / I.M. Russell2.10: |
Wool uses / 3.1: |
Consumer trends and environmental impacts / 3.3: |
Wool fibre: structure and properties / 3.4: |
Wool and ecolabels / 3.5: |
Life cycle assessment (LCA) studies / 3.6: |
Outcomes / 3.7: |
Acknowledgements / 3.8: |
Sustainable synthetic fibres: the case of poly(hydroxyalkanoates) (PHA) and other fibres / I. Chodák,3.10: |
Poly(hydroxyalkanoates)-based oriented structures / 4.1: |
Poly(caprolactone)-based fibres / 4.3: |
Structure of drawn fibres / 4.4: |
Thermal properties / 4.5: |
Enzymatic and hydrolytic degradation / 4.6: |
Other biodegradable and sustainable polyesters / 4.7: |
Application of polyester-based biodegradable fibres / 4.8: |
Future trends and concluding remarks / 4.9: |
Enzyme biotechnology for sustainable textiles / P. H. Nielsen ; H. Kuilderd ; W. Zhou ; X. Lu4.10: |
Enzyme applications in textile processing / 5.1: |
Life cycle assessments of enzymes used in the textile industry / 5.3: |
Environmental assessment package cotton yarn for dark-shade dyeing as an alternative to conventional chemical scouring / 5.4: |
Environmental assessment of enzymatic bleach clean-up of light-coloured package yarn and knitted fabrics as an alternative to rinsing with hot water / 5.5: |
Conclusions on environmental assessments of enzymatic scouring and bleach clean-up / 5.6: |
Perspectives / 5.7: |
Future trends and applications / 5.8: |
Key sustainability issues in textile dyeing / J. R. Easton5.9: |
Key factors for improving sustainability in dyeing and finishing / 6.1: |
What are ecotextiles? / 6.3: |
Environmentally friendly plasma technologies for textiles / T. Stegmaier ; M. Linke ; A. Dinkelmann ; V. von Arnim ; H. Planck6.4: |
Atmospheric pressure plasma processes / 7.1: |
Examples of applications / 7.3: |
Environmental benefits of plasma technology / 7.4: |
Source of further information and advice / 7.5: |
Understanding and improving textile recycling: a systems perspective / J.M Hawley7.7: |
Systems theory / 8.1: |
Understanding the textile and apparel recycling process / 8.3: |
Textile recycling companies / 8.4: |
The sorting process / 8.5: |
The pyramid model / 8.6: |
Textile recycling constituents / 8.7: |
Discussion and future trends / 8.8: |
Applications and case studies / 8.9: |
Consumer perceptions of recycled textile fibers / M. Rucker9: |
Consumer characteristics related to attitudes toward sustainable products / 9.1: |
External factors influencing consumers attitudes toward sustainable products / 9.3: |
Measures of consumer attitudes toward environmental issues / 9.4: |
Textile and apparel industry response to green consumerism / 9.5: |
Confusion in the marketplace / 9.6: |
Meeting the needs of the green consumer / 9.7: |
Consumer perceptions of textile products / 9.8: |
Eco-labeling for textiles and apparel / S. B. Moore ; M. Wentz9.9: |
Key principles: eco-labeling and sustainability / 10.1: |
Standards and eco-labeling denned for textiles / 10.3: |
Examination and anatomy of eco-labels / 10.4: |
Summary and commentary / 10.5: |
Sources of further information-and advice / 10.7: |
Organic cotton: production practices and post-harvest considerations / P. J. Wakelyn ; M. R. Chaudhrv10.8: |
World organic cotton production / 11.1: |
Why organic cotton? / 11.3: |
Cotton production practices: historical background / 11.4: |
Organic cotton production practices / 11.5: |
Post-harvest handling/processing of organic cotton / 11.6: |
Limitations to organic production / 11.7: |
How to improve organic cotton production / 11.8: |
National obligatory standards for organic cotton and organic cotton certifiers / 11.9: |
Optional/voluntary organic textile processing standards and eco-textile standards / 11.10: |
Corporate social responsibility (CSR)/ethical production / 11.11: |
Naturally colored cotton / 11.12: |
Chemicals allowed and prohibited for use in preparation, dyeing, printing and finishing of organic cotton textiles (Global Organic Textile Standards; Organic Exchange Guidelines; Organic Trade Association) / 11.13: |
The role of nanotechnology in sustainable textiles / S. Black12: |
Key principles of nanotechnology and its use in sustainability / 12.1: |
How nanotechnology can be used to reduce environmental impacts / 12.2: |
Surface coatings and treatment of textile fibres / 12.3: |
Coloration and structural colour / 12.4: |
Nanofibres / 12.5: |
Electronic textiles / 12.6: |
Risks versus benefits / 12.7: |
Commercial and consumer applications / 12.8: |
The use of recovered plastic bags in nonwoven fabrics / B. R. George ; B. A. Haines ; E. Murphy12.9: |
Experimental approach / 13.1: |
Results and discussion / 13.3: |
Environmentally friendly flame-retardant textiles / S. Nazaré13.4: |
Key issues of name retardants / 14.1: |
Legislative and regulatory drives for minimising environmental implications / 14.3: |
Desirable properties of an ideal flame-retardant chemical used in textile applications / 14.4: |
Strategies for development of æenvironmentally friendlyÆ flame retardants / 14.5: |
Sources of further-information and advice / 14.6: |
Systems change for sustainability in textiles / K. Fletcher14.8: |
The blind men and the elephant / 15.1: |
From a narrow to a holistic view of sustainability in the textile sector / 15.2: |
Ways of thinking / 15.3: |
Recognising the limits of eco-efficiency / 15.4: |
Making a transition / 15.5: |
Places to intervene in a system / 15.6: |
Working at the level of rules, goals and paradigms / 15.7: |
Index / 15.8: |
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