Sustainable Apparel - Production, Processing and Recycling

Informationen zum Autor Dr Richard S. Blackburn is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Design at the University of Leeds, UK. Dr Blackburn is well-known for his research in the areas of green chemistry and sustainability. He is also a co-founder of Dyecat Ltd and the RITE (Reducing the Impact of Textiles on the Environment) Group.

List of contents

Part I Sustainable finishing and dyeing processes for textiles
1 Environmentally friendly fabric finishes
2 Processes for reducing the environmental impact of fabric finishing
3 Plasma treatments for sustainable textile processing
4 Enzymatic treatments for sustainable textile processing
5 Sustainable dyeing technologies
Part II Sustainable apparel design, retail and recycling
6 Fashion design and sustainability
7 Technical design for recycling of clothing
8 Sustainable apparel retail
9 Measuring and communicating apparel sustainability
10 Apparel disposal and re-use
11 Apparel recycling

Product details

• Authors: Richard Blackburn
• Assisted by: Richard Blackburn (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781782423393
• ISBN: 978-1-78242-339-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles; Woodhead Publishing Series in; Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles; Woodhead Publishing Series in
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Textiles & Polymers, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Textile & fibre technology, Textiles and fibres, Textile Industries, Apparel, garment and textile industries, Plastics & polymers technology, Plastics and polymers