Analytical Study of Sources of Textile Waste for Its Upcycling

Abstract

In recent years, there have been increasing concerns in the disposal of textile waste around the globe. The growth of textile markets not only depends on population growth but also depends on economic and fashion cycles. The fast fashion cycle in the textile industry has led to a high level of consumption and waste generation. Textile waste is a material that's supposedly unworkable for its original purpose by the proprietor. Textile waste is produced in every phase of the cloth manufacturing process like spinning, weaving, dyeing, finishing, garment manufacturing and indeed at the consumer end.The textile industry has two sections, the study has been conducted one is the textile industry and second is the apparel industry. This paper consists of information about the textile industry, textile waste, garments waste. Also, the reason behind this problem has been discussed in this paper and how it can be resolved for the least harm to the environment. Various methods to reduce textile waste are also discussed such as Prolonging the life of your clothes, preventing textile waste starts with buying less, Repair, Upcycle, Swap, Donate, Recycle and Buy less and make it last. Data was collected from the study that has been conducted through the secondary sources by studying the research paper related to textile waste titles. 5 Garments Export Houses were interviewed for this research paper. A brief understanding of upcycling of textile waste and discarded garments is discussed in this paper.