Parameters Affecting the Upcycling of Waste Cotton and PES/CO Textiles

Vats, Shameek; Rissanen, Marja

doi:10.3390/recycling1010166

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“…Reusing the article minimizes the products' environmental footprint. Reusing 1 kg of textile products saves 6000 L of water, 3.6 kg less CO2 production, 0.3 kg of chemical fertilizer, and 0.2 kg less pesticide utilization [78]. So, the reuse of a textile product contributes to less waste generation, minimizes energy utilization in that products' supply chain.…”

Section: Solid Waste Managementmentioning

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Perspectives of Textile Waste Management in the U.S. – A Review

Mandal¹

2022

JTSFT

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In the last 30 years, global consumption of textile articles has increased significantly. Population increase along with the booming of fast fashion trends are facilitating the growth of global textile consumption. The current pandemic situation is raising the consumption of protective clothing. Such scenarios are diminishing the lifecycle of textile products significantly. Consequently, the world has observed a considerable increase in textile waste generation in recent years and is predicted to increase even more in the coming years due to the current consumption trends. Despite being highly recyclable, much of such wastes go into open dumps or landfills. The U.S. has also seen an increase in textile waste generation, and most of the wastes is landfilled. Disposing of such a huge waste stream can be identified as mismanagement due to its impact on the environment, society, and corresponding footprints. To counter the impact of the rising textile wastages, it is necessary to address sustainable approaches via a structured textile waste management system. This review aims to observe the textile waste scenarios based on the U.S.’s perspectives. An overall aspect of textile waste generation has been presented briefly while considering the current circumstances in the U.S. Current trends of textile waste management in the U.S. have been discussed while mentioning other available options in waste management. Lastly, this review has proposed some probable study directions that would facilitate establishing efficient textile waste management across the U.S.

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Section: Solid Waste Managementmentioning

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Perspectives of Textile Waste Management in the U.S. – A Review

Mandal¹

2022

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“…The fashion industry, in particular, has been criticized for promoting fast consumption of clothing and accessories, resulting in increased amounts of clothing going to landfills globally. The resources needed to produce one kilogram of cotton include 7000 to 29,000 liters of water and about 1 kilogram of oil (Vats and Rissanen 2016) but the average consumer is generally unaware of these figures when discarding a garment, a decision usually prompted by new fashion trends replacing older ones, and the availability of fast trends in the market (Engstrom and Nicklasson 2015). According to Siegle (2017), about a hundred billion garments are produced every year, with a large percentage of produced garments wasted due to production issues (such as an order wrongly placed or dyeing issues).…”

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Eco-Fashion Adoption in the UAE: Understanding Consumer Barriers and Motivational Factors

Munir

2020

Fashion Practice

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“…60,61 Generally, cotton textile waste is landfilled or incinerated, resulting in serious environmental problems. 62,63 If the cotton textile waste is used as a flexible electrode substrate, it can turn waste into treasure, reducing the cost of flexible electrode materials and alleviating environmental problems. To date, there has been no report on fabricating flexible electrodes for wearable and flexible Zn−air batteries based on cotton textile waste.…”

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“…However, expensive carbon nanotubes or graphene used to construct flexible electrodes will increase the cost of the device, hampering the commercial application. On the other hand, a large amount of cotton textile waste has been generated because of the increase in cotton textile consumption in recent decades. , Generally, cotton textile waste is landfilled or incinerated, resulting in serious environmental problems. , If the cotton textile waste is used as a flexible electrode substrate, it can turn waste into treasure, reducing the cost of flexible electrode materials and alleviating environmental problems. To date, there has been no report on fabricating flexible electrodes for wearable and flexible Zn–air batteries based on cotton textile waste.…”

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Toward Flexible and Wearable Zn–Air Batteries from Cotton Textile Waste

Huang¹,

Liu

Ding

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ACS Omega

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Considering the environmental problems caused by a large amount of cotton textile waste and its possible applications in flexible electrodes, it is very promising to reuse the cotton textile waste as an electrode material, reducing the cost of flexible electrodes and alleviating environmental problems. In this work, we present a rechargeable flexible Zn–air battery based on cotton textile waste, which employs Ni-metallized cotton textile waste (NMCTW) as a flexible substrate for Zn anodes and air cathodes. The transparent NiFe hydroxide thin film horizontally grown on the surface of the NMCTW substrate was synthesized in situ by the electrodeposition method, which exhibits excellent catalytic activity because of the high surface area of the two-dimensional (2D) thin film, large contact area between the thin film and substrate, and fast charge transport of the 2D thin-film structure. In view of the high catalytic performance of the NiFe hydroxide thin film, it was used as the catalytic material of the air cathode for the flexible Zn–air battery. The assembled Zn–air battery based on cotton textile waste demonstrated a good rate performance and outstanding charge and discharge cycling stability. The assembled Zn–air battery was applied to power the light-emitting diode, which exhibits exceptional flexibility and stable output power even under severe mechanical bending deformation, proving the feasibility for its application in flexible electronics.

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Parameters Affecting the Upcycling of Waste Cotton and PES/CO Textiles

Cited by 14 publications

References 18 publications

Perspectives of Textile Waste Management in the U.S. – A Review

Perspectives of Textile Waste Management in the U.S. – A Review

Eco-Fashion Adoption in the UAE: Understanding Consumer Barriers and Motivational Factors

Toward Flexible and Wearable Zn–Air Batteries from Cotton Textile Waste

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