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.