Overview
- Presents recent advances in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of textiles and clothing
- Includes interesting topics such as the LCA of denim, regenerative agriculture, textiles and cotton
- Discusses an interesting case study of LCA on renting of leisurewear
Part of the book series: Textile Science and Clothing Technology (TSCT)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
Textiles and Clothing are key sectors and apparel is one of the necessities of human life. Environmental brunt of the textile sector and cradle to grave life cycle impacts of textiles and clothing products are a subject of constant investigation. There have been a lot of advancements in the textile sector in terms of materials such as textile fibres, yarns, fabrics, garments and also in terms of processes. All these innovations demand an environmental profile as well. Life Cycle Assessment is one of the widely used and popular scientific tools which has been utilized to measure the environmental footprints of various products and processes. This volume presents recent advances on LCA in the textiles and clothing sector.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu is currently the Chief Sustainability Officer at Green Story Inc, Canada, based out of Hong Kong. He earned his PhD 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 100 books in the areas of Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Environmental Assessment and Environmental Sustainability.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Progress on Life Cycle Assessment in Textiles and Clothing
Editors: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Series Title: Textile Science and Clothing Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9634-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-9633-7Published: 02 March 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-9636-8Published: 03 March 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-9634-4Published: 01 March 2023
Series ISSN: 2197-9863
Series E-ISSN: 2197-9871
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 296
Number of Illustrations: 76 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Structural Materials, Agriculture, Environment, general