Abstract
Human life is sustainable with food, cloth, and shelter as a basic need. The global textile industry is bound to be huge, as it fulfills the second basic requirement of human. In recent years ecological issues have become more important in the textile and apparel industry, an industry known as a polluting industry despite having a natural and environmentally friendly base. Every textile item releases toxic substances that are harmful to the environment. The traditional textile industry consumes large amounts of natural resources and pollutes the environment by involving a huge amount of toxic chemical substances during the production and wet treatment processes. Sustainability has become an essential attribute of today’s textile industry. The process of transforming the textile industry into a more sustainable one is very sensitive, needs a lot of knowledge, skills, and commitment. This paper reviews the importance, recent trends, and role of governing bodies in sustainable textile production.
Highlights
The textiles and apparel industry plays a pivotal role in the Indian economy through its significant contribution to the country's industrial output, employment generation, and export earnings
It is a proven fact that consumer awareness will play an important role in the growth of sustainable textiles in the future
The real meaning of sustainability is to change the way of doing things to become more environmentally friendly
Summary
The textiles and apparel industry plays a pivotal role in the Indian economy through its significant contribution to the country's industrial output, employment generation, and export earnings. The textile industry is one of the longest and most complex and complicated industrial chains of the manufacturing industry. It involves actors from agricultural, chemical fibers, dyes, and chemical manufacturing, textile and apparel industry, retail and service sector, and waste treatment. The textile manufacturing process is characterized by the high consumption of resources like water, fuel and a variety of chemicals in a long process sequence that generates a significant amount of waste. The high impact on the environment has forced the textile industry to take the path of sustainability. There has been an increase in the demand for sustainable textiles
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