Waste

1. Waste
Waste Not, Want Not

2. Introduction
• Increasing - “throwaway culture”
• Broader challenge - affects human health and
livelihoods, the environment, and prosperity
• Solid waste - over 90% of waste openly dumped or
burned
• Municipal solid waste - world generates 2.01 billion
tones of annually
• At least 33% of that not managed in an environmentally safe
• Global waste to increase by 70% over the next 30 years -
rapid urbanization, population growth, and economic
development
• Solid Waste Management

4. Textile Waste

5. Cont.

6. Textile Waste - types
• Industrial Waste
• conveyor belts, filters, geo-textiles and wiping rags
• Pre-consumer textile waste:
• soft fibre wastes, yarn spinning (hard fibre) wastes, beaming
wastes, off-cuts, packaging, spools and creals
• Post-consumer textile waste
• clothing, footwear, fashion accessories, towels, bedding, and
drapery

7. Textile Pollution
• Internal – all the previous
• External

8. Reason for Textile Wastes
• Attitude towards textiles – lifestyle
• Fast fashion - massive amount of clothes
• Frequency of shopping - low-priced clothing & short life span
• Lack of awareness on sustainability - disposal behaviour
• Lack of eco-friendly practices - no method for treating waste
• No strict government policies
• Lack of quality materials
• Less popular second-hand clothing
• Lack of knowledge on textile care and maintenance
• Industrialization