CISUTAC Sustainability Forum #1: Engaging citizens in sustainable consumption of textiles and textiles waste separation
Webinar May 13th 11 – 12:30 CET
Environmental impacts associated with the production, use, and end-of-life of a woollen garment
The textiles industry is a substantial contributor to environmental impacts through the production, processing, use, and end-of-life of garments. Wool is a high value, natural, and renewable fibre that is used to produce a wide…
Use phase of apparel: A Literature review for Life Cycle Assessment with focus on wool.
This report presents a literature review of clothing use phase. The purpose is to support improved methodological development for accounting for the use phase in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of apparel. All relevant textile fibres…
Environmentally Sustainable Textile Consumption—What Characterizes the Political Textile Consumers?
The textile and clothing industry is considered as one of the most polluting industries in the world. Still, the regulation of environmental hazards connected to the industry is very limited, and much responsibility is placed…
Sustainable clothing design: use matters
Many life cycle assessment studies document that the use period is the most resource-demanding phase during the clothing life cycle. In this paper, we discuss how design can help to reduce the environmental impacts of…