Efficient use of natural resources and utilization of recoverable wastes are getting more and more important day by day since recovering wastes have both economic and environmental benefits. As the source material costs constitute the majority of the yarn production costs, decreasing raw material costs provide considerable advantages for spinners. From the point of textile manufacturing, various production wastes can be reused in textile industry. In each step, from ginning (for cotton fibers) to end product formation, recyclable/recoverable waste materials are generated. However, mainly polyester products are recycled (r-PET) and used again in textile industry by 100% or in blends with other man-made or natural fibers. Compared to research on r-PET, recovered cotton fibers inspired interest recently. The main objective of this study is to fill the gap in the literature via investigating the properties of the yarns produced with recovered cotton wastes, generated in different sources. For this purpose, spinning mill waste types were selected. In this experimental study, different waste types (card waste, blowroom waste, and fabric waste) and blending ratios were used. As a conclusion, the effect of waste type and blend ratio on the physical and mechanical properties of the yarns and the fabrics, produced with virgin and waste cotton fibers, were analyzed.

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In need of improving the properties of textiles, researchers investigate how to obtain surface with better mechanical and physical characteristics. On the other hand, for clothing purposes, it is also required to enhance comfortable properties. However, uniting these properties in the end product is difficult. For this objective, new fibers those allow what is desired are developed. This is one of the easiest ways. Because, if these characteristics can be found on the raw material, less treatments will be needed for gaining wanted surface quality. Another way is producing yarns that could enable end products with better mechanical, physical and comfortable properties. For these "new yarns", some of the production parameters can be changed or modified. As another way fibers can be blended, which is preferred in this study. The main aim is to evaluate the effect of kapok fibers on fabric properties. For this aim, kapok fibers were blended with three most common fibers: Tencel, PET and Cotton.

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