Water in Textiles and Fashion
Consumption, Footprint, and Life Cycle Assessment

Explores life cycle assessment and water footprint perspectives and provides practical strategies for responsible water use across the textile supply chain

Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu (Edited by)

9780081026335, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 30 November 2018

214 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.5 cm, 0.36 kg

Water in Textiles and Apparel: Consumption, Footprint, and Life Cycle Assessment provides a thorough analysis of one of the most urgent issues facing the textiles industry. As water is essential to the textile production system, and as availability of water is reduced due to natural and anthropogenic factors, the industry must respond. With a thorough treatment of both life cycle assessment and water footprint perspectives, this book provides practical strategies for responsible water use across the textile supply chain. Readers will learn essential information from research and industry case studies that will help them understand the textile industry’s role in this issue.

1. Introduction – Water 2. Global Scenario – Water in Textile Production Hubs3. Water and Textiles4. Water Footprint5. LCA and Water Footprint6. Water Withdrawal and Conservation – Global Scenario7. Sustainable Strategies and Water Conservation8. Water Footprint/Consumption of Textile Products – Case Studies9. Water Conservation Measures in Textiles10. Future – Water and Fashion

Subject Areas: Other manufacturing technologies [TDP]