Textile industry is one of the oldest and largest sectors in India. The exports for the year 2007-08 stood up to $20.5 billion. Even it is a value adding industry, it has several environmental impacts causing land and water pollution with toxicity. Effluent sludge waste management becomes a ...
TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY Cotton Textile Processing: Waste Generation and Effluent Treatment Textile Technology: Cotton Textile Processing: Waste Generation and Effluent Treatment. Cotton Science. 11, 141-153.B. Ramesh Babu; A.K. Parande; S. Raghu; and T. Prem Kumar, Textile Technology-Cotton Textile ...
India is the largest producer of natural fibres like cotton and jute and second in terms of silk and rayon, therefore determination and assessment of water and energy consumption is essential, saysDr Ashok Athalye Textile is considered as the mother of industrialisation and a basic need of human ...
reported that ultrasonic energy can be applied successfully to wet textile processes, for example laundering, desizing, scouring, bleaching, mercerization of cotton fabrics, enzymatic treatment, dyeing and leather processing, together with the decoloration/mineralization of textile dyes in waste water [...
Though textile industry is one of the major chemical industries, it is necessary to understand the waste generation and waste minimization-related procedures of the textile industries in-depth, alongside the waste generation and minimization-related procedures of chemical industries. It is because ...
Primus Partners and Maharashtra Govt Releases Report on “Making India a Zero-Waste Fashion Country” admin- February 19, 2025 The report was presented by Sanjay Savkare, Minister of Textiles, at Bharat Tex 2025, with Maharashtra serving as the Knowledge Partner. Primus Partners, in collaboration...
Urbanization and industrialization are generating huge quantities of untreated wastewater leading to increased water pollution and human diseases in India. The textile industry is one of the leading polluters of surface water and consumes about 200–270 tons of water to produce 1 ton of textile produc...
an innovative yarn made from nylon waste. Next to them was a hanging structure of panels, made of mineral aggregates mixed with a new-generation cementing binder called Cimento. All around were ‘massive creatures’, as she described them, by Moroso – each incorporating a fabric produced using...
Skill Development initiatives: Indian labour force lacks in the required job skills and this leads to lower productivity, quality issues as well as waste generation. Efforts are being taken by the government through Textile Skill Council but there is a long way to go for aligning our labour towa...
The rapid growth of textile industry and fast-fashion has led to the production of about 92 million ton of textile waste per year. Nearly 85% of textile waste is disposed of by landfill and incineration, causing serious environmental pollution and huge resource waste, calling for alternative text...