Environmental impact of textiles : production, processes and protection /

• Main Author: Slater, Keith
• Corporate Author: Textile Institute (Manchester, England)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton : Cambridge, Eng. : CRC Press ; Woodhead Pub., 2003.
• Series: Woodhead publishing in textiles ; 27.
• Subjects: Textile industry > Environmental aspects.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Textiles & Polymers.; Electronic books.

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, p...