Sweta Patnaik – författare

Wear the Change examines the critical shift toward sustainability in the clothing and textile industry, a sector historically known for its significant environmental footprint. This comprehensive guide probes into the latest innovations, standards, and practical approaches that are transforming the entire value chain, from raw material sourcing to post-consumer waste management. By presenting cutting-edge research alongside actionable strategies, this book bridges the crucial gap between theoretical sustainability concepts and their real-world implementation across global textile operations.• Showcases successful sustainable initiatives practiced by industry leaders and consortiums worldwide• Provides in-depth analysis of emerging circularity standards that are reshaping production models• Offers practical guidance on implementing sustainability throughout complex supply chains• Addresses the growing concern of microplastics pollution.• Consolidates diverse topics including cleaner production technologies, sustainable design incorporating artificial intelligence, and innovative approaches to post-consumer waste.• Presents a forward-looking perspective on opportunities and challenges facing the industryThis essential reference equips students, researchers, academics, and industry professionals with the knowledge needed to lead the textile industry's vital transformation toward environmental responsibility and sustainable business practices.

Wear the Change examines the critical shift toward sustainability in the clothing and textile industry, a sector historically known for its significant environmental footprint. This comprehensive guide probes into the latest innovations, standards, and practical approaches that are transforming the entire value chain, from raw material sourcing to post-consumer waste management. By presenting cutting-edge research alongside actionable strategies, this book bridges the crucial gap between theoretical sustainability concepts and their real-world implementation across global textile operations.• Showcases successful sustainable initiatives practiced by industry leaders and consortiums worldwide• Provides in-depth analysis of emerging circularity standards that are reshaping production models• Offers practical guidance on implementing sustainability throughout complex supply chains• Addresses the growing concern of microplastics pollution.• Consolidates diverse topics including cleaner production technologies, sustainable design incorporating artificial intelligence, and innovative approaches to post-consumer waste.• Presents a forward-looking perspective on opportunities and challenges facing the industryThis essential reference equips students, researchers, academics, and industry professionals with the knowledge needed to lead the textile industry's vital transformation toward environmental responsibility and sustainable business practices.

Fibres to Smart Textiles: Advances in Manufacturing, Technologies, and Applications offers comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals and advances in the textile and clothing manufacturing sectors. It describes the basics of fibres, yarns, and fabrics and their end use in the latest developments and applications in the field and addresses environmental impacts from textile processes and how to minimize them.This book serves as a single comprehensive source discussing textile fibres, yarn formation, filament formation techniques, woven fabric formation, knitting technologies, nonwoven manufacturing technologies, braiding technologies, and dyeing, printing, and finishing processes. Testing of textile materials, environmental impacts of textile processes and use of CAD and CAM in designing textile products are also included. The book also discusses applications including textile composites and biocomposites, technical textiles, smart textiles, and nanotextiles. With chapters authored by textile experts, this practical book offers guidance to professionals in textile and clothing manufacturing and shows how to avoid potential pitfalls in product development.