Textiles and Clothing Sustainability

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-v

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2. Ecological and Sustainable Natural Dyes

   • Nigar Merdan, Seyda Eyupoglu, Mujgan Nayci Duman

   Pages 1-41

3. Challenges in Sustainable Wet Processing of Textiles

   • Sujata Saxena, A. S. M. Raja, A. Arputharaj

   Pages 43-79

4. Anthraquinone-Based Natural Colourants from Insects

   • Shahid-ul-Islam, F. Mohammad

   Pages 81-97

5. Sustainable Dyeing and Finishing of Textiles Using Natural Ingredients and Water-Free Technologies

   • Kartick K. Samanta, S. Basak, S. K. Chattopadhyay

   Pages 99-131

This book highlights the challenges in sustainable wet processing of textiles, natural dyes, enzymatic textiles and sustainable textile finishes. Textile industry is known for its chemical processing issues and many NGO’s are behind the textile sector to streamline its chemical processing, which is the black face of clothing and fashion sector. Sustainable textile chemical processes are crucial for attaining sustainability in the clothing sector. Seven comprehensive chapters are aimed to highlight these issues in the book.

• Denim bio-stoning
• Back-staining
• Flame retardant finishing
• Natural dye extraction
• Water recovery/reuse in textiles
• Textile finishing operations
• Anthraquinone based natural colorants
• Enzymes for synthetic fibers
• Residual bio mass disposal
• Wet processing of textiles
• textile engineering

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  Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan is currently working for SGS as Environmental Services Manager-Asia, based at Hong Kong. He gained his diploma, bachelors and masters in Textile Technology from premier institutes of India. He was awarded doctorate from The Institute of Textiles and Clothing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for his dissertation entitled, "Eco-functional Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags” He also has more than seven years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, textile testing and sustainability evaluation of various materials. He was an outstanding student throughout his studies and bagged numerous awards and medals including many gold medals in his study period. He has more than 80 academic publications in various textiles and environmental journals to his credit. Additionally he has 2 patents, 6 book chapters and over 25 scientific books and numerous conference publications. He is acting as an editor, editorial board member and reviewer for many international peer-reviewed journals of textiles and environmental science disciplines.

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