TEXTILE &

SUSTAINABILI
TY

ME751A
Name : Pallavi
Roll No. : 200661
 • Of the 100 billion garments produced each year, 92 million tons end up in
landfills
• The apparel industry’s global emissions will increase by 50% by 2030
• Landfills received 11.3 million tons of MSW textiles in 2018. This was 7.7 percent
of all MSW landfilled.
• Equivalent to approximately 81.5 pounds (37 kilograms) per person per year and
around 2,150 pieces per second countrywide.
• The number of times a garment is worn has declined by around 36% in 15 years
• Responsible for 3% of global CO2 emissions as well as over 20% of global water
pollution
• Nearly 10% of microplastics dispersed in the ocean each year come from textiles
= 50 billion plastic bottles

https://earth.org/statistics-about-fast-fashion-waste/
https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/textiles-material-specific-data
World Fibre Consumption(2015) (Volume share) Total MSW(Municipal Solid Waste) Generation(by material), 250
Million Tons(Before Recycling)
4% 2% 1%

5% 4.1
4.6
6% 6.4
28.5
7.7
51%

31% 9

13.9
12.4
Polyester cotton cellulosic Nylon Polypropylene Acrylic Wool
Paper & paperboard Food scraps13.4Yard Trimmings Plastics Metals
Global Consumption of Polyester Fibre, 2016 Textile Wood Glass Others

19%

6%

10% Reference: https://www.fibre2fashion.com/industry-article/7901/global-polyester-market-outlook-till-2020

65% https://www.indiantextilemagazine.in/global-textile-apparel-industry-fortunes-to-depend-on-5-major-trends/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/municipal-solid-waste
Types of sources • Industry waste, which also is known as pre-consumer
waste, refers to the waste that has been generated
through manufacturing process and enormous source
of secondary raw material that is not used, but can be
re-injected into the market:

• The post-consumer waste are fibrous products

discarded after their service life that can be produced
by households (such as cloth, bags, beddings, carpet,
curtains), packaging, and commerce and industry (such
as uniforms, industrial and construction textiles).

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720308275#s0030
Industrial (Pre-Consumer) textile waste

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780128214831000024 https://telaketju.turkuamk.fi/en/in-english-en/separate-collection-of-textiles-comes-are-we-ready/
 Current Challenges

Overconsumption and Fast Fashion: The "throwaway Resource Depletion: The reliance on non-renewable Limited Circular Practices: The lack of efficient
culture" associated with fast fashion exacerbates the resources, such as petroleum-based synthetics, contributes recycling systems and circular economy practices
environmental impact. As trends change rapidly, garments to resource depletion and further intensifies environmental perpetuates the linear model of production, use, and
are discarded, leading to an alarming rise in textile waste. stress. disposal.
Suggested Solutions

Innovative Materials: The exploration of

Closed-Loop Systems: Implementing
alternative, sustainable materials like
circular economy practices, such as
organic cotton, hemp, and bamboo can
closed-loop recycling, encourages the
significantly reduce the ecological
reuse of textiles and minimizes waste.
footprint.

Eco-Friendly Processes: Adopting Consumer Education: Raising awareness

environmentally friendly dyeing and about sustainable practices, ethical
finishing processes, as well as reducing sourcing, and the true cost of fast fashion
water and energy consumption, can can empower consumers to make
mitigate the impact on ecosystems. informed choices.
https://earth.org/data_visualization/fast-fashion-the-environment-and-climate-change-a-data-viz-story/
 Circular Economy

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/17/11111 https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/features/2022/02/significance-of-sustainability-in-textiles/
 https://renewable-carbon.eu/news/shifting-to-a-sustainable-and-circular-textile-consumption-where-to-start/

Shifting to a sustainable and circular textile consumption

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