Winter seminar series to look at EU Fashion Policy & Legislation: Compliance Strategies for the Future
Fashion's future is tightly intertwined with policy and legislation, especially in the EU, one of the world's largest fashion markets.
According to the World Bank, 20% of land and water pollution globally is caused by textile processing industries. Regenerated cellulose fibres manufacturing processes, like those used to create Viscose/Rayon, use renewable wood pulp cellulose. However, this fibre spinning process uses highly aggressive chemicals, like carbon di-sulphide, sulphuric acid and sodium hydroxide, which leaves a large environmental footprint.
As a part of our research at Cranfield University, we developed a regenerated cellulose fibre manufacturing process using environmentally benign solvents and natural dyes. Regenerated cellulose fibres will help reduce pollution from the Rayon fibres manufacturing process, while the use of natural dyes will reduce the environmental impact from using toxic synthetic textiles dyes. The regenerated cellulose fibres and use of natural dyes developed in our lab can potentially help address the demand for sustainable fashion products. The fifth session will focus on Materials Circularity and will be led by Dr Sameer Rahatekar from Cranfield University.
This event was held on Tuesday, 26 April 2022.
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