A sample work on green manufacturing in textile industry

• Biodegradation behavior of improved fabric was found remarkable.
• High antibacterial efficiency against some microorganisms.
• The improved fabric does not have ecotoxicological effects on soil at the end of the life cycle.

It has been seen that the approaches related to green-manufacturing have significant role in textile industries upon improvement of awareness on environmentally friendly point of view.Environmental impacts of the material should be taken into consideration for improving new textile structures. Materials should be composed of environmentally friendly raw material and the harmful emissions of whole production processes should be limited, while the material should be easily disposable with no detrimental effects on the environment after use.The aim of this study is to develop textile structures which have sustainable, environmentally friendly and functional characteristics. Antibacterial knitted fabrics have been improved in this study. Raw materials were selected among environmentally friendly new generation fibers. PLA (Polylactic acid), lyocell and chitosan fibers were mixed, the single jersey knitted fabric composed of 80% PLA 15% Lyocell 5% Chitosan having thickness of 30/1 were produced. Production processes which minimize harmful emissions to the environment were used. Antibacterial efficiency of the designed fabric was tested according to AATCC100. In addition, biodegradation of the improved knitted fabric was tested in soil burial test under standardized laboratory conditions for a defined test period of 4, 12 and 24 weeks. After soil burial test, the ecotoxicological assessment of soil was performed with plants growth test.

Figure optionsDownload as PowerPoint slide