Sustainable Fibres for Fashion Industry Volume 2 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan (Editor), Gardetti, Miguel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes,
• Subjects: Environment.; Production management.; Textile industry.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Operations Management.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Environmental Management.; Textile Engineering.

This book covers all sustainable fibres applicable in the fashion sector. It addresses the importance of these fibres in the fashion sector with the context of sustainability. This book, the first of its kind, addresses all the minute details pertaining to these fibres and connects these fibres with...

Table of Contents:

• Natural fibres for sustainable development in fashion industry
• Biodegradability: Drawback, benefit or challenge in apparel products?
• Bio-polymer Fibres for the sustainable textiles
• An Overview of Commonly used Sustainable Natural Fibres in Textile Industry
• Case story: Application of sustainable fibres in the fashion industry – The Fabric Source
• Is Orange the New Black?
• SABAI GRASS:  SCOPE OF BECOMING A POTENTIAL TEXTILE FIBRE
• BIODEGRADABLE FIBRES IN FASHION INDUSTRY.