Polyesters textile processing wastes

OLR of pre-consumer waste also has environmental benefits. An LCA conducted by Muthu et al. (2012a) concluded that the recycling of pre-consumer textile waste, or process waste, would directly lower the carbon footprint of the product However, not all textiles have the same environmental benefits when recycled. In developing their RecyclabiUty Potential Index assessing both environmental and economic benefits to recycling, Muthu et al. (2012b) found that polyester and polypropylene are ranked highest in recyclability with nylon 6,6 ranked last... 

The textile and apparel industry has been causing a number of different environmental problems like polluted air, land and water through the release of both toxic and hazardous waste. Moreover, a large amount of water, energy and other valuable resources are consumed during the production process. For conventional cotton cultivation, about 18 g pesticides are used per kg of cotton. A study showed that 1 kg of polyester fibres consume around 97.4 MJ of energy and 17.2 kg of water with 2.31 kg of CO2, 18.2 g of carbon monoxide, 39.5 g of CH emissions to air and... 

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