Open AccessStudy on relationships between knowledge factors influencing Textile and Clothing disposal behaviour towards sustainable waste management
Author(s) -
G Krishnaraj
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of modern trends in science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-3778
DOI - 10.46501/ijmtst0609s25
Subject(s) - clothing , reuse , textile , business , sustainability , fast fashion , consumption (sociology) , environmental economics , product (mathematics) , waste management , textile industry , marketing , engineering , economics , ecology , social science , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , sociology , biology , history
Increasing textile and clothing consumption resulted not only exhaustion of natural resources and virgin rawmaterials but also assimilation of textile material disposal from pre-consumer waste (i.e. various textile andclothing manufacturing activities) and post-consumer waste. Many environmental problems have beencreated by this pre-consumer and post-consumer waste generation. Adequate amount of measures has beentaken by the government and standard organization to minimise the impact on environment by the textilemanufacturing activities. Now a days, textile industries are striving to achieve zero waste generation byadopting various international standards and methods. But for the post-consumer waste generation issue, itis necessary for each and every consumer needs to understand and contribute for sustainable wastedisposal. Hence, it is essential for everyone to know the existing sustainable concepts available to createsustainable environment. The main objective of the study is to examine the factors influencing textile andclothing disposal behaviour. The theory of disposal behaviour is related to consumer knowledge about textileproduct, environmental concern and waste management technique, namely Textile reuse and Textile recycle.Primary data was collected from 150 respondents through online questionnaires for this study. Statisticalanalysis such as correlation and regression were used with SPSS statistics. The research suggests thatApparel and Home textile product manufacturer should focus on creating consumer awareness on thepossibility of reuse and recycle of the specific products along with the care label in order to achievesustainable environment.