Table of Contents:
  • Contributor contact details
  • Woodhead Publishing in Textiles
  • Preface
  • Part I. Sustainability through the supply chain
  • 1. Achieving sustainable textiles: a designerʹs perspective
  • 2. Sustainable cotton production
  • 3. Sustainable wool production and processing
  • 4. Sustainable synthetic fibres: the case of poly(hydroxyalkanoates) (PHA) and other fibres
  • 5. Enzyme biotechnology for sustainable textiles
  • Key sustainability issues in textile dyeing
  • 7. Environmentally friendly plasma technologies for textiles
  • 8. Understanding and improving textile recycling: a systems perspective
  • Part II. Applications and case studies
  • 10. Eco-labeling for textiles and apparel
  • 11. Organic cotton: production practices and post-harvest consideration
  • 12. The role of nanotechnology in sustainable textiles
  • 13. The use of recovered plastic bags in nonwoven fabrics
  • 14. Environmetnally friendly flame-retardant textiles
  • 15. Systems change for sustainability in textiles