Sustainability
Sustainability gathers the world attention totally on
itself. Most of the sustainability in the transformation industry is met by the
textile sector.
This process
which has been started in order to regain the reuse of the old cloths or the
textile products involves its depth inside.
If the textile sector can take the steps correctly in recycling stages,
the sustainability can achieve a good progress.
The planned
recycling of all wastes which are sent to the landfill provides many positive
benefits to the environmental health too. The textile sector aims to minimize
the damage to nature by adding new recycling efforts to the present ones every
day.
The effects of the fabric wastes on the environment
and their transformation begin in storage after the usage. The fibers of these
fabric wastes may be decomposed a few years later the storage. Considering the non-deteriorating structure of
the synthetic fabrics during this period, they may damage to the nature as a
result of the gases they release into the atmosphere. During waiting in the
storage areas, these released toxic may interact with soil and water that is
why in order to prevent that, the recycle stages should be respected from the
beginning until the end.
The textile
sector growing day by day may also contribute to other areas by consolidating
its base thanks to the transformation it has gone through. The textile giants
managing their transformations have already started to influence their rivals
with their model behavior. The cloths of which main components are fabrics
provide 6% of plastic wastes to recycling. While the role of the textile sector
has increased gradually in recycling, it also allows increasing the consciousness
in recycling.
As the society
approaches to zero waste storage nowadays, it becomes urgent for the textile
sector to keep up with this update.
All of these
stages compose the recycling process: collecting the waste fabrics, receiving
them as donations, processing them according to a classification and then
delivering them to the end user.
While the
sustainability of the fabrics decreases the rubbish in the environmental scale,
it also lowers the water and energy consumption and prevents the pollution.
For example, ready-to-wear
cloths, car upholstery items and household items are classified as the
post-consumer recycling. However, the wastes resulted by fabric or yarn
production are recycled under the title of pre-consumer recycling.
As the wastes
which are prepared for recycling can be having natural or synthetic fibers,
they are grouped differently. These
wastes to be recycled are classified or reserved according to the different
color range and dyeing. The recycling materials which do not need to be re-dyed
prevent the environmental pollution and also provide many savings in terms of
energy. Later the wastes are shredded and if there is no other fiber that can
be added to the yarn, the wastes are processed and included in the final
production. The material which takes the form of yarn is cleaned and carded and
once the whole process is completed then it will be ready for the weaving.
On the other hand
the polyester wastes are transformed into pieces to be processed by being
chipped and then finally they are prepared to be used in the new polyester
manufacture.
As a whole
humanity it is in our hands to raise the livability to the highest level by
supporting the recycling in order to ensure the continuation of sustainability.
Companies who donate old cloths without any financial
profits participate in the recycling programs. At that point, customers may
prefer long live clothes instead of fast fashion or donate the clothes to the
recycling programs.