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Ecotextiles: The way forward for sustainable development in textiles

Edited by M Miraftab and A R Horrocks, University of Bolton, UK

Woodhead Textiles Series No. 60

 - a key guide to best practice in sustainable production
 - includes expert reviews of current developments in recycling, sustainable production and process optimisation
 - assesses novel technologies, including new fibres and finishing techniques

This book includes a carefully-chosen and edited selection of 23 papers from the Ecotextile 2004 Conference held at the University of Bolton. Ecotextiles is divided into five main parts. Part 1 deals with recycling and use of waste as raw materials in such areas as clothing and carpet manufacture. Part 2 discusses sustainability and eco-design with papers on improved design, use of sustainable fibres and manufacturing techniques. Part 3 reviews sustainable development and renewables, including discussion of topics such as composites made from textile waste. Part 4 considers waste management in such areas as dyeing and effluent treatment. The final part of the book assesses novel technologies, including new fibres and finishing techniques.

As pressure from governments and consumers continues to grow, Ecotextiles will provide a valuable reference for the textile industry on best practice in sustainable production.

ISBN 1 84569 214 4
ISBN-13: 978 1 84569 214 8
January 2007
208 pages  234 x 156mm  hardback  
£125.00 / US$210.00 / €155.00

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About the editors

Dr Mohsen Miraftab is Senior Lecturer in Textiles and Dr Richard Horrocks is Research Professor in Textiles at the Centre for Materials Research and Innovation, The University of Bolton.

Contents

PART 1 RECYCLING AND USE OF WASTE AS RAW MATERIALS
PART 2 SUSTAINABILITY AND ECO-DESIGN
PART 3 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND RENEWABLES
PART 4 WASTE MANAGENENT
PART 5 NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES

Introduction
Mohsen Miraftab and Richard Horrocks, University of Bolton, UK

PART 1 RECYCLING AND USE OF WASTE AS RAW MATERIALS

Perception towards clothes with recycled content and environmental awareness: the development of end markets
Yukie Nakano, Northumbria University, UK

Acoustic and mechanical properties of underlay manufactured from recycled carpet waste
Ian Rushforth, Kirill Horoshenkov and Siow N Ting, University of Bradford and Mohsen Miraftab, University of Bolton, UK

Carpet fiber recycling technologies
Youjiang Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Use of waste as raw materials: efficient recycling techniques
Simon Macaulay, Anglo Felt Industries Ltd, UK

Building eco-design throughout the supply chain: a new imperative for the textile industry
Tracy Bhamra, Loughborough University, UK

PART 2 SUSTAINABILITY AND ECO-DESIGN

Supply chain partnerships for sustainable textile production
John R Easton, Dystar, UK

Molecular manufacturing for clean, low cost textile production
David Forrest, Naval Surface Warfare Centre and Institute for Molecular Manufacturing, USA

The substitution of hemp and flax for cotton in wound spool filters
C Sevajee and R Edyvean, University of Sheffield, UK

It may be eco-friendly but is an INGETM/cellulose blend strong enough to withstand wet processing?
Jantip Suesat and Duncan Phillips, University of Manchester, UK

Eco initiatives in the textile pipeline: a South African experience
Pat Foure, Clothing and Textile Environmental Linkage Centre and Tembeka Mlauli, Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa

PART 3 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND RENEWABLES

The use of renewable resource based materials for technical textiles applications
Roshan Shishoo, Shishoo Consulting AB, Sweden

Some properties of kenaf and kenaf combined waste composites
W Y Ahmad, J Salleh, M F Yahya, M I Abdul Kadir and M I Misnon, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

Tensile and flexural properties of composites made from spinning waste
Jamil Salleh, W Y W Ahmad, M F Yahya, S A Ghani and M I Misnon, Universiti Teknologi of MARA, Malaysia

UK technical textiles: issues relating to sustainability
Brian McCarthy, TechniTex, Faraday Partnership and Chris Bryne, Mediatex, UK

PART 4 WASTE MANAGENENT

The effect of a flocculent on the colour removal properties of a conditioned activated sludge
Gill Smart, University of Bolton and John Binkley, University of Manchester, UK

The anaerobic digestion of textile desizing wastewater
Richard Dinsdale, University of Glamorgan and Kevin Bryne, David Tucker, Water Development Services, UK

Effluent treatment using a submerged aerated filter
Elaine Groom, Queens University Belfast, UK

Effluent Treatment at Thos Chadwick & Sons Ltd
Mike Madden, ENCO and M Andrews, Thos Chadwick & Sons Ltd, UK

Protective properties of textiles dyed with natural dyes
Deepti Gupta, IIT Delhi, India

PART 5 NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES

Tandem wet-on-wet foam application of both crease-resist and antistatic finishes
John Pearson, University of Huddersfield, UK and A Elbadawi, Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre, Sudan

An all natural slip resistant and absorbent fibrous material
Sebastian Hutchinson, North Carolina State University, USA

Laser and devore
Janet Stoyel, University of West of England, UK

Cellulose-protein textiles: utilisation of sericin in textile finishing
A Kongdee and T Bechtold, Leopold-Franzens University, Austria