SUSTAINABLE TEXTILE WASTE RECYCLING AND REUSING OF TEXTILE PRODUCTS, CURRENT STATUS OF WASTE RECYCLING AND ITS FUTURE

1. SUSTAINABLE TEXTILE WASTE RECYCLING AND REUSING OF
TEXTILE PRODUCTS, CURRENT STATUS OF WASTE RECYCLING
AND ITS FUTURE
Vijay prakash, Dr. Madan Lal Regar, Shivani Kumari.
UPTTI Kanpur, India
*Corresponding author: prakashvijay649@gmail.com
Abstract:
Recycling and reusing textiles, fibres and waste materials is an effective method to build
sustainability in the apparel industry. A report by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency states
that textiles are an important source of greenhouse gas emissions. In order to reduce the greenhouse
gas emissions, efforts are made to increase textile recycling. In recent years, there have been
increasing concerns in the disposal of textile waste around the globe. The growth of textile markets
not only depends on population growth but also depends on economic and fashion cycles. The fast
fashion cycle in the textile industry has led to a high level of consumption and waste generation.
This can cause a negative environmental impact since the textile and clothing industry is one of
the most polluting industries. Textile manufacturing is a chemical-intensive process and requires
a high volume of water throughout its operations. Waste water and fibre wastes are the major
wastes generated during the textile production process. On the other hand, the fibre waste was
mainly created from unwanted clothes in the textile supply chain. This fibre waste includes natural
fibre, synthetic fibre, and natural/synthetic blends. The natural fibre is mostly comprised of
cellulosic material, which can be used as a resource for producing biobased products. The main
challenge for utilization of textile waste is finding the method that is able to recover sugars as
monosaccharides. This review provides an overview of valorisation of textile waste to value-added
products, as well as an overview of different strategies for sugar recovery from cellulosic fibre and
their hindrances.
Keywords: Sustainability, Greenhouse, Biobased, Monosaccharides, Hydrolysis, Pre-treatment,
Recycling, Textile waste, Valorisation.
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