Sustainability in Fashion and Textiles
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 11878
Special Issue Editors
2. VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, Espoo, Finland
Interests: microfibers; microplastics; water pollution; textile microplastics; sustainability; circular economy
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: textile chemical processing; sustainability; dyeing; finishing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on the importance of sustainability in textile and garment processing, from fiber to garment manufacturing. In general, the textile industry creates significant climate changes during production, from fiber to finished garments. In this Issue, special attention will be given to sustainable textiles and fashion in five different phases of product life cycles (material, manufacturing, retail, consumption, and disposal phases). Further attention is given to social responsibility, green supply chain management, and eco-design in the textile/fashion sectors. This Special Issue aims to collect research papers that examine how these divergent issues could be addressed. Within the framework described above, this Special Issue invites authors to contribute original research/review articles in the following fields:
- Systematic reviews on sustainable textiles;
- Sustainable innovations in textile chemical processing;
- Sustainable wastewater treatment for the textile industry;
- Sustainable framework models for luxury fashion;
- Sustainable materials for functional finishes;
- Fast fashion or slow fashion;
- Consumer behavior, awareness, and education for sustainable fashion;
- Sustainable design for fashion;
- Organic textiles;
- Recycled textiles;
- LCA on various textile products (i.e., yarn, fabric) and garments (jackets, denim, bottoms);
- Case studies on how LCA has been used to effect positive environmental outcomes at different scales (e.g., micro- to macroscale changes) of the textile/fashion industry;
- Green supply chain management.
In this Special Issue, the focus will be on the latest knowledge and innovations in the field of sustainable textile and garment industry. The research papers should report the theoretical background, methodology, results, analysis, and implications for applications of the outcomes to make a meaningful impact that addresses the knowledge gaps related to the scope of the Special Issue.
Dr. Aravin Prince Periyasamy
Prof. Dr. Govindan Nalankilli
Dr. Gurusamy Bagyalakshmi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability
- sustainable design
- green chemistry
- textile dyeing
- health hazards
- recycling
- fast fashion
- slow fashion
- LCA
- green supply chain management
- functional finishes
- waste disposal
- consumer phase of LCA
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