Sustainable Innovations in Recycled Textiles

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Textile Science and Clothing Technology,
• Subjects: Textile industry.; Environmental chemistry.; Business logistics.; Materials science.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Chemical engineering.; Textile Engineering.; Environmental Chemistry.; Supply Chain Management.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.
• Physical Description: VII, 82 p. 29 illus., 21 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789811085154
• ISSN: 2197-9863
• DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-8515-4

This book highlights the environmental and economic benefits of recycling in textiles and fashion; vis-a-vis virgin textiles. Recycling plays an inevitable part when it comes to sustainable innovations in textiles and fashion sector. As basic information pertaining to the benefits, challenges of recycling in textiles are discussed to the sufficient extent in the literature, this book deals with the innovative at the same time, sustainable products made from the recycled textiles.