Recycling in Textiles

Author/creator Wang, Y. Editor
Format Electronic
Publication InfoSawston : Woodhead Publishing Limited
Description248 p. ill 23.000 x 016.000 cm.
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Summary Annotation An increasing amount of waste is generated each year from textiles (including carpets and clothing) and their production. For economic and environmental reasons it is necessary that as much of this waste as possible is recycled instead of being disposed in landfill sites. On average approximately 10 million tonnes of textile waste is currently dumped in Europe and America each year. Recycling in textiles is the first book of its kind to bring together textile recycling issues, technology, products, processes and applications for all of those in the industry who are now looking for ways to recycle their textile waste. CONTENTS Part 1 General textile recycling issues and technology: Textile recycling as a system; Recycling friendly construction of textiles; An overview of carpet recycling; System planning for carpet recycling; Carpet recycling technologies. Part 2 Chemical aspects in textile recycling: Recycling waste water from textile production; Recycling and reuse of textile chemicals. Part 3 Recycled textile products: Converting recycled materials in viable textile products; Development of products made of reclaimed fibres; Manufacturing nonwovens using recycled fibres. Part 4 Applications of recycled textiles: Recycling of textiles used in the operating theatre; Utilisation of recycled fibre waste for soil stabilisation; Concrete reinforcement with recycled carpet fibres.
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ISBN9781855739529
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