Open AccessUpcycling: An emerging textile waste management strategy for the fashion industry
Author(s) -
Muskan Agrawal and Latika Bhatt
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/ijmtst0609s26
Subject(s) - reuse , textile industry , textile , business , product (mathematics) , zero waste , production (economics) , wastewater reuse , cleaner production , waste management , engineering , municipal solid waste , economics , geometry , mathematics , macroeconomics , archaeology , history
The fashion industry is the second largest polluting industry in the world. Different fashion cycles providevarious options in the market, which leads to the rising concern of the environmental impact of the industry.Wastewater, carbon, and textile waste are different types of waste being generated by the industry. Textilewaste is generated in two phases i.e. during production (textile leftovers) and post-production (discardedtextiles). Therefore, it is important to look at the environmental impact of the textile industry and takeinitiatives to reduce the overall impact on the environment. The purpose of the research is to study how acouture brand manages the textile waste generated during the production and to generate ideas to reusethem. The couture brand in which the study was conducted was Shriya Som. The waste managementstrategy of the Couture brand Shriya Som was studied and analyzed in terms of waste generation and itsreuse. The amount of waste being generated by the brand daily was evaluated and how much is reused andhow much was going to landfill. Strategy to utilize the leftover fabrics were developed keeping in mind thebrand identity. This study gives an overall perspective of textile waste management strategies being adoptedby the industry. Also suggests ideas to reuse textile waste. It was found that most of the leftovers can becreatively reutilized in the product line itself to reduce or completely zero down the waste going to thelandfills.