Recycling of textiles: the South African scene *

Larney, M.; Aardt, AM Van

doi:10.4314/jfecs.v32i1.52859

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“…Buyers of textiles have found that the price of green (recycled) materials is typically higher than standard virgin material (Larney and van Aardt, 2004). This economic barrier provides us with our next barrier:…”

Section: Key Stakeholders: Suppliers and Governmentmentioning

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Barriers to environmentally-friendly clothing production among Chinese apparel companies

2011

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Increasing environmental pressures have caused Chinese apparel companies to pay close attention to environmentally-friendly clothes production (EFCP) and its implementation, but barriers exist. This article uses a grey-based Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) approach to structure and evaluate these barriers. Results show that for some apparel manufacturing companies, lack of human resource capabilities and hard-to-enter environmentally friendly clothing (EFC) major markets act as barriers. Other companies have basic barriers of no top management support and immaturity in large-scale EFCP. We also introduce aggregate analysis for the set of apparel manufacturing companies and suggest future research directions.

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Section: Key Stakeholders: Suppliers and Governmentmentioning

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Barriers to environmentally-friendly clothing production among Chinese apparel companies

2011

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“…In 2004, [5] investigated South Africa's textile industry regarding recycling practices. A questionnaire and mail survey was done considering 103 textile manufacturers including small, medium and large textile manufacturers.…”

Section: Fabric Wastementioning

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“…Out of highly ranked 10 statements asked in the questionnaire, most of the companies would purchase carpets from recycled textile materials, and added that they would manufacture apparel or other textile products made from recycled textile materials. [5] concluded in the research that uncertainty of market strategies could be the economic barriers, as textile recycling is not cost effective in general, even though most industries advised the strong trade demand through market strategy. In Nigeria, [6] investigated the poor and inappropriate nature in which the Textile and Clothing Industry in Nigeria manage their industrial waste.…”

Section: Fabric Wastementioning

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Recycling Fabric Waste into Functional Interior Decoration Pieces

Sai

Quansah

2022

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This study seeks to collect, recycle and repurpose fabrics waste into decorative household items to reinforce the concept of recycling as a viable alternative to indiscriminate dumping that leads to environmental pollution. It has been observed that garment producers, fashion designers, dressmakers, seamstresses and tailors generate several quantities of fabric waste which are initially piled up to occupy space at their workshops then later disposed indiscriminately. For this studiobased study, an average of 300kg of fabric remnants which are generated by the 30 workshops of garment producers in four suburbs of Kumasi in the Ashanti region of Ghana were collected. The fabric waste was sorted into types, sizes, colours and textures, out of the 300kg collected, approximately 250kg were identified as cotton and the remaining 50kg were an assortment of polyester, nylon, rayon, wool, acetate and sateen. It also came out that the garment producers lack adequate knowledge on waste management, hence the indiscriminate disposal of the waste fabrics. The need for effective means of recycling without adverse repercussion to the environment was found critical. Based on the idea of recycle art, 280 kilograms of the fabric waste collected were converted into interior decoration pieces such as a pair of footrest, a set of arm rest, a set of chairback, Others include a set of table mats, a set of placemats, a door mat, and a set of curtains and window blinds. It is anticipated that such craft activities will serves as pointers to craft people about the potential of waste fabrics as cheaper raw materials for diverse products and by extension help to reduce the waste management problems associated with fabric waste.

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Recycling of textiles: the South African scene *

Cited by 2 publications

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Barriers to environmentally-friendly clothing production among Chinese apparel companies

Barriers to environmentally-friendly clothing production among Chinese apparel companies

Recycling Fabric Waste into Functional Interior Decoration Pieces

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