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Measures, Technologies and Good Practices
Do you want to know how much different measures and technological solutions would cost and how much money and resources they can save for your business? This database offers such data in a concise and comprehensive format.
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Good practice
Manufacturing oil-absorbent rugs from used textiles
Textile company's textbook circular economy case
Textile company looks for ways to cut waste and develop new products
A solid test case for circular economic thinking, diverting waste from landfill...
Sector / Industry:
- Textile and clothing
Resources:
- Materials
Good practice
Environmental laundry in Czech Republic
The beautiful, environmental laundry...
Renewable energy is used in high energy applications, saving € 25 000 annually
Laundromat uses environmentally friendly detergents
Thanks to renewable energy,...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
- Service sector
- Textile and clothing
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost 1 Year(s)
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Good practice
Textile take-back for re-use and recycling to benefit...
Right time for textile take-back
Major organisations like IKEA are exploring circular economy models in their commitment to community and environment
A textile take-back scheme is successfully...
Sector / Industry:
- Textile and clothing
- Wholesale and retail
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Waste
- Carbon
Measure
Making use of leftovers - remanufacturing in the global fashion...
Pre-consumer textile waste in the cloth manufacturing sector is currently estimated at around 20 %. However, research suggests this figure could be much higher if all cutting scraps, production...
Sector / Industry:
- Textile and clothing
Resources:
- Materials
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost 0 Year(s)
Technology
Enzymes for finishing cotton fabrics
Resource-friendly fabric finish
Biopolishing is a textile finishing process using cellulase enzymes to modify the surface of cotton fabrics. Pilling (lint balls on the fabric) is reduced, colour...
Sector / Industry:
- Textile and clothing
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
0-25% 0 Year(s)
Technology
Enzymatic treatments in textile wet processing
The wet processing of textiles is energy and water intensive, as well as requiring the use of numerous chemicals. Wet processing steps, depending on the textile product, can include sizing, desizing...
Sector / Industry:
- Textile and clothing
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost
Measure
Improving fabric use in clothing production
Fabric utilisation depends directly on marker efficiency. Markers are usually paper consumables showing the outlines of the pattern for making cutting and making clothes. CAD design tools are usually...
Sector / Industry:
- Textile and clothing
Resources:
- Materials
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost
Good practice
Life cycle assessment – Levi’s jeans case
LCA for 501s ...
Levi's iconic 501 brand of jeans was put through a full life cycle assessment which revealed a number of valuable insights
One pair of jeans uses equivalent to 3 days’ water usage by...
Sector / Industry:
- Textile and clothing
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Waste
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost
Good practice
New yarns from discarded fishing nets
Collaborative solution to ghost fishing ...
Collaborative programme for gathering and recycling old nylon fishing nets makes a business case for saving vulnerable marine environments
80 387...
Sector / Industry:
- Textile and clothing
Resources:
- Materials
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost
Measure
Eco-efficient textile finishing
Finishing is a series of processing operations applied to a textile material that improves its appearance, performance, ‘hand’ (feel) and/or functional properties. Finishing processes are usually...
Sector / Industry:
- Textile and clothing
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Waste
- Carbon
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Eco-efficient textile dyeing
Dyeing can take place at multiple stages within the supply chain, from dyeing fibres and yarns through to fabrics and garments. The environmental impact of dyeing is related to the type of dye, type...
Sector / Industry:
- Textile and clothing
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Waste
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Medium cost
Technology
Cold pad batch dyeing for cotton
The cold truth
Reactive dyes are the family of dyes generally used to dye cotton, viscose, and other cellulosic fibres. However, reactive dyeing requires vast amounts of salt, water and energy. The...
Sector / Industry:
- Textile and clothing
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Carbon