Textiles and the environment
- Created by: Leaelizabeth
- Created on: 08-11-14 21:25
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- Textiles and the environment
- Impact
- Energy and resources are used
- Waste is produced
- Large impact on carbon footprint
- Manufactoring
- Dying and finishing processes use a lot of chemicals
- Chemical dyes
- Resins to make the fabric shrink proof
- Softeners to improve the feel of the fabric
- In addition to producing chemical waste, they also...
- Require energy to drive the machinery
- Use and contaminate large volumes of water
- possible solutions for reducing these problems include...
- Using cold water dyes that require less energy
- Using renewable sources of energy
- using natural dyes from plants and insects
- Dying and finishing processes use a lot of chemicals
- Aftercare and laundry
- energy used in these processes can be reduced by...
- Creating fabrics that are durable and easy to care for
- Provide information to the customer to enable they care for the product effectively
- producing fabrics that can be washed at low temperatures
- energy used in these processes can be reduced by...
- Disposal
- Reuse products, for example, sell it on or give it away
- Recycle the product, for example use it to make something else
- Recycling
- To recycle a produce it means to re use it, it may need some processing or treatment before it can be reused, the tree main types of recycling are...
- Primary recycling - the product can be re used in its current state, e,g. charity shops
- Secondary recycling- the product is torn shredded, melted or ground before being reused, e.g. woollen garments being used as stuffing
- chemical recycling- Chemicals can be broken down and reformulated, e.g.Plastic bottles can be broken down into fibres and then spun into polyester to make fleece and duvets
- To recycle a produce it means to re use it, it may need some processing or treatment before it can be reused, the tree main types of recycling are...
- Impact
- Using renewable sources of energy
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