This book offers a variety of cases offering insights into waste assessment and moving towards zero waste in the apparel industry. In an industry as large and widespread as apparel, efforts toward sustainability and waste reduction are critical. The chapters here cover a variety of topics related to apparel sustainability, including management approaches, circular economy methods, and case studies that academics, students, and professionals in this industry can use to continue to strive toward a sustainable future.
Table des matières
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Waste Management Approaches for a Sustainable Apparel Industry.- Chapter 3: Six Sigma Approach – A pathway to zero waste sustainable apparel industry.- Chapter 4: From Waste to New Fiber: Knowledge and Material Flows in a Circular Textile Ecosystem.- Chapter 5: Inculcation of Circular Economy to Achieve Zero-Waste Sustainability in the Apparel Industry.- Chapter 6: Navigating the Shift: The Zero-Waste Paradigm in Apparel Manufacturing.- Chapter 7: Pursuing Zero Waste in the South African Textile Industry: A Case Study of SMME Scaled Needle Felting Technology.
A propos de l’auteur
Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu is currently the Chief Sustainability Officer at Green Story Inc, Canada, based out of Hong Kong. He earned his Ph D from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and is a renowned expert in the areas of Environmental Sustainability in Textiles & Clothing Supply Chain, Product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Product Carbon Footprint Assessment (PCF) in various industrial sectors. He has five years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, research and development and textile testing and over a decade’s of experience in life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon and ecological footprints assessment of various consumer products. He has published more than 100 research publications, written numerous book chapters and authored/edited over 170 books in the areas of Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Environmental Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Sustainability.
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