Post-Consumer Textile Waste Minimization: A Review

The rise of fast fashion in the textile industry has led to a high level of waste generation in the sense that over consumption and disposal of garments. Therefore every year million tons of textile waste is being sent to landfills. Despite high volume and high recycling potential of post-consumer textile waste, there is more effort to recycle pre-consumer textile waste as it is easier to sort and process. In recent years, there is a growing sensitivity to post-consumer product waste management because of environmental issues. In this study post-consumer textile waste management strategies, methods and practices are presented. In addition to these, consumer behaviour in disposal of textiles and the influencing - motivating factors are discussed in the direction of literature review.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Post-cosumer, Textile waste, Waste management, Over consumption, Consumer behaviour

The rise of fast fashion in the textile industry has led to a high level of waste generation in the sense that over consumption and disposal of garments. Therefore every year million tons of textile waste is being sent to landfills. Despite high volume and high recycling potential of post-consumer textile waste, there is more effort to recycle pre-consumer textile waste as it is easier to sort and process. In recent years, there is a growing sensitivity to post-consumer product waste management because of environmental issues. In this study post-consumer textile waste management strategies, methods and practices are presented. In addition to these, consumer behaviour in disposal of textiles and the influencing - motivating factors are discussed in the direction of literature review.

Keywords: Post-cosumer, Textile waste, Waste management, Over consumption, Consumer behaviour

Sayfa Aralığı: 1-18

Coskun G. & Basaran, F. N. (2019). Post-Consumer Textile Waste Minimization: A Review. Journal of Strategic Research in Social Science, 5 (1), 1-18.