Recycling of textile wastes into textile composites based on natural fibres: The valorisation potential

Abstract

Natural fibre reinforced composites are gaining interest because of its attractive properties such as low weight, higher stiffness and low cost. Fibre reinforced composites are lightweight, strong, and durable materials which are seeing increasing adoption in the transportation, construction and many other markets. Therefore, sustainability in their use phase is often a key driver for the selection of composites over traditional materials. In the meantime, the ever-growing amount of textile wastes leads to the necessity to utilize these waste materials and to develop further processing technologies for their beneficial application. Due to various application possibilities and its economic impact, the valorisation of textile wastes has attracted increasing attention. This review summarized the valorisation potential of a textile waste products, especially of flax, hemp and jute fabrics. In this context application of different textile wastes for development of some value added product has been thought of in this paper.