Consumer Awareness and Textile Sustainability (Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry)

✍ Scribed by Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu (editor)

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 143
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This contributed volume discusses how consumer awareness of textile sustainability can lead to a more sustainable textile supply chain. From the initial purchase of a textile to its care and longevity, consumer behaviors are at the core of consumption associated with the textile industry. Making consumers aware of the environmental impacts of the clothing products they buy help them to choose the best alternative which has the lowers footprints and also enable them to help the entire textile sector to become sustainable. In addition, making them aware of environmental footprints of textile products from cradle to grave, make them aware of how best they can take care of their products during use and disposal phases and how they can help to preserve the planet with their earnest efforts to reduce the environmental impacts in their boundary, i.e. the use and disposal phases.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Contents
Measuring Textile (Un)sustainability to Raise Purchasing Choices Awareness: Theoretical Background
1 Introduction
2 Key Facts About the Textile Sector
2.1 Textiles and Clothing Market
2.2 Textiles and Clothing Legislative Framework
3 Circular Economy and Sustainability
4 Measuring and Monitoring Sustainability
4.1 Material Flow Analysis (MFA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Methodologies
4.2 Macro-Level Flow Estimation
5 Conclusions
References
Consumers’ Sustainable Clothing Consumption Practices: Adopting the Principles of Voluntary Simplicity
1 Introduction
2 Consequences Related to Overconsumption and Fast Fashion
3 The Pursuit of Circularity in the Clothing and Textile Industry
4 Sustainable Clothing Consumption and Associated Ideology of Voluntary Simplicity
5 Sustainable Clothing Consumption Practices Underscored by Voluntary Simplistic Principles
5.1 Buying Eco-Friendly Clothing
5.2 Ethical Clothing Consumption
5.3 Preference for Handcrafted Clothing
5.4 Reusing and Buying Second-Hand
5.5 Reduced Clothing Consumption
5.6 Clothing Longevity and Repurposed Clothing Consumption
6 Conclusion and Future Research Recommendations
References
Toward Increasing Public Awareness of Cellulose-Based Textiles with Improved Sustainability
1 Introduction
2 Industrial Hemp: Potential and Challenges
3 Sustainability Aspects of Hemp
References
A Long-Time Approach to Promote Sustainability Awareness
1 Introduction
2 Background Context
2.1 Global Political Agreements
2.2 Fast Fashion Business Model
2.3 Fashion Consumption in the UK
2.4 Activism
2.5 The Current Zeitgeist
2.5.1 Industry Developments
2.5.2 Sustainability in the Media
3 Literature Review
3.1 Responsibility of Education to Embed Sustainability in the Curriculum
3.2 Long-Time Approach
3.3 Craft as an Heirloom
4 Education for Sustainable Development
4.1 School of Fashion and Textile Approach
4.1.1 Cross School Curriculum Change
4.1.2 Reduction of the Volume of Design Outcomes
4.1.3 Digital Transformation
4.1.4 Working with Industry and External Organizations
4.1.5 Research to Develop Sustainable Textile Processes
4.2 T-Extinction
4.2.1 Project Aims
4.2.2 Project Operation and Outcomes
4.2.3 Key Findings
5 Discussion
6 Conclusion
References
The Influence of Social Media Usage on Consumers’ Sustainable Clothing Consumption Practices
1 Introduction
2 The Escalation of Social Media Usage During COVID-19 and Its Implications for Apparel Consumption Behavior
3 Social Media Platforms
3.1 Social Networking Sites
3.2 Microblogging
3.3 Photo-Sharing Sites
3.4 Video Sharing
3.5 Messaging Sites
4 The Primary Reasons for Social Media Usage
4.1 Communication and the Sharing of Information
4.2 Establishing Social Connection and Interaction
5 Social Capital Theory
5.1 Bonding Social Capital
5.2 Bridging Social Capital
6 Social Influence
6.1 Normative Influence
6.2 Informational Influence
7 A Proposed Conceptual Framework for Future Investigation
8 Conclusion
References
Measuring Textile (Un)sustainability to Raise Purchasing Choices Awareness: The Case of Cotton Fabrics
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Methods
2.1 Research Framework
2.2 Flow Estimation
2.3 Environmental Impact Assessment
3 Results and Discussion
4 Conclusions
References
Consumer Awareness and Textile Sustainability: Sensory Evaluation of Hemp Textiles by Consumers as a Prospective Market Research Method for New Textile Products
1 Introduction
2 The Comfort Aspects of Hemp Textiles
3 Hemp Textiles from the Consumer Perspective
References
Index