CAN 'UPCYCLING' GIVE ROMANIAN'S FASHION INDUSTRY AN IMPULSE?
Journal Title: Annals of the University of Oradea. Fascicle of Textiles, Leatherwork - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 1
Abstract
Fashion’s impact on the environment includes the entire lifecycle of a garment. There are many environmental issues associated with the textile sector on the entire life cycle of production and consumption. The clothing industry needs to find imaginative solutions to produce environmental improvements. The aim of this paper is to review concepts regarding textile waste that reach the end of their first life cycle and to evaluate the potential for recyclability of those materials. Intent of this paper also tries to reduce the amount of textile waste in the landfill by exploring different methods. This was done by first assessing and analyzing the waste followed by characterizing the waste for different properties. If the properties of textile waste are not suitable enough to be manufactured in new fabrics, other alternatives could be explored. One of our proposals is to use creativity of designer in order to create new products trough upcycling. Redesigning throug a creative modification of a product out of used or upcycling in an attempt to generate a product of higher quality or value than the compositional elements can be a solution to reduce waste yet is still marginal. Starting or shifting to a business involving taxtile waste can offer an economic benefit of upcycling. However, upcycling explore to provide an interim solution to the textile waste problem, by optimising the lifetimes of discarded clothes from an inefficient system, while recycling technologies moves to develop more sustainable approaches.
Authors and Affiliations
Sunhilde CUC, Simona TRIPA
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