Environmental impact assessment for planning industrial plants, power stations, or transport must tackle many challenges. With our increasing knowledge about natural living habitats and interdependencies, the requirements that go with the approval procedure are increasing as well.
To improve environmental compatibility is essential here as the next generation can meet their demand without any problem.
An outline of the environmental compatibility of the productions of cotton, wool, rayon, lyocell, nylon, polyester, and animal skin supported standards, none of these textile materials are made while there is an adverse environmental impact.
Since the beginning of the Nineteen Seventies, laws from U.S. federal state, and native governments just like the hepatotoxic substances’ management act, Clean water act, Resource conservation and recovery act (Smith, 1991) have needed the trade to reinforce the quality of personal safety, health, and so the surroundings.
Also, in recent years, shoppers became more and more awake to the environmental consequences of the product they obtain. The final public considerations over environmental problems have forced the textile trade to step by step respond through introducing a lot of environmentally safe textile-producing methods (Abend, 1994).
For example, in 1992, the American Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI) launched its Encouraging Environmental Excellence (E3) program to encourage reducing, reusing and recycling.
The program conjointly inspired companies to see environmental goals, to provide worker education on environmental problems, and to increase community environmental awareness. Let’s have a look on Chart: –
| An outline of environmental compatibility of the productions of several textile products | ||||
| Textile Product | Nonpolluting to obtain, process, and fabricate | Made from renewable resources | Fully biodegradable | Reusable /recyclable |
| Cotton | No fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, dyes and finishing chemicals used can pollute air, water, and soil |
Yes
cotton comes from cotton plants that are renewable |
Yes | Yes
but it is difficult to recycle cotton from postconsumer products because of the presence of dyes and other fibers |
| Wool | No runoff contamination, chemicals used for cleaning, dyeing, and finishing chemicals can cause pollution |
Yes
wool comes from sheep, which are renewable |
Yes | Yes
wool has been recycled |
| Rayon | No
harsh chemicals used to process wood pulp, and dyes and finishing chemicals can cause pollution |
No
wood pulp used for rayon comes from mature forest |
Yes | Yes
but rayon fibers have not been recycled |
| Tencel | No
chemicals used for dyeing and finishing can cause pollution |
Yes
trees used for tencel are replaced |
Yes | Yes
but tencel has not been recycled |
| Polyester | No
chemicals used for dyeing and finishing can cause pollute air and water |
No
petroleum sources are not renewable |
No | Yes
100% polyester has been recycled |
| Nylon | No
chemicals used for dyeing and finishing can cause pollute air and water |
No
petroleum sources are not renewable |
No | Yes
100% nylon has been recycled |
| Leather | No
livestock production and chemicals used for tanning and dyeing can cause pollution |
Yes
leathers come from animal skins and hides |
Yes | Yes
leather products can be reused |
