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ClearLife-Cycle Assessment as a Next Level of Transparency in Denim Manufacturing
This study applied life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology to denim manufacturing to quantify its environmental impact across the full production chain. Results revealed that water use and chemical dyeing were among the most burdensome stages. The research supports the growing need for transparent sustainability metrics in the fashion industry.
Critical Review on Sustainability in Denim: A Step toward Sustainable Production and Consumption of Denim
This review examines sustainable alternatives to conventional denim manufacturing, including eco-friendly dyeing and finishing methods. It highlights how traditional denim processing releases microplastics and microfibers during washing, contributing to environmental pollution. The findings suggest that adopting greener production techniques could significantly reduce the amount of microplastic fibers that end up in waterways from clothing.
Systematic Insights into a Textile Industry: Reviewing Life Cycle Assessment and Eco-Design
This systematic review of life cycle assessments for the textile industry identified key environmental impact hotspots across the supply chain, finding that fiber production and dyeing processes dominate environmental burdens and that eco-design strategies offer the greatest improvement potential.
An Empirical Analysis of Sustainable Denim Washing Technology in the Apparel Industries
This study empirically analyses sustainable denim washing technologies in the apparel industry, evaluating the environmental performance, economic viability, and consumer acceptance of biodegradable and non-toxic wet and dry washing processes compared to conventional chemical treatments.
Advancing sustainability of textiles: a life cycle and microfiber emission assessment of locally manufactured circular sportswear
Researchers performed a full life cycle assessment of a circular-economy cycling jersey manufactured locally in Europe, finding that energy use was the dominant environmental impact and that marine microplastic emissions from synthetic fibers were comparable in harm to nutrient pollution. The study found that changes to manufacturing and consumer washing habits could reduce the jersey's environmental footprint by up to 33%.
Synthetic microfiber emissions from denim industrial washing processes: An overlooked microplastic source within the manufacturing process of blue jeans
Industrial denim washing processes released significantly more synthetic microfibers than domestic washing, with enzymatic washing producing the most microfibers at 1423 MF per gram of fabric, up to 10.95 times higher than reported domestic washing estimates.
Production waste of the textile and clothing industry in sustaindevelopment context
Researchers identified and categorized production waste streams from the textile and clothing industry, assessed their environmental impacts in a sustainable development context, and proposed waste minimization strategies in response to increasing EU regulatory pressure.
Determination of environmental sustainability practices in the apparel sector of Sri Lanka
Researchers investigated environmental sustainability practices across the value chain of Sri Lanka's export-oriented apparel sector, which contributes over 40% of the country's export income. The study mapped environmental impacts from yarn manufacturing through final finishing across approximately 300 manufacturers and identified practices implemented to mitigate these impacts.
Sustainability of the Fashion Industry: An Examination of the US Fashion Industry's Impact on Water Quality
Researchers examined the impact of the US fashion industry on water quality, conducting a review of the literature on garment production-related water pollution while noting that the US has been underrepresented in global studies that typically focus on countries with large manufacturing sectors. The study found that domestic fashion industry activities contribute measurably to water quality degradation, including through microfiber and chemical discharge.
Life cycle assessment in fashion industry: a systematic review
This systematic review of life cycle assessments in the fashion industry (2010-2024) found persistent methodological inconsistencies that undermine the reliability of sustainability claims. The review identifies microplastic emissions from textiles as a growing but poorly incorporated impact category, highlighting a gap in understanding the full environmental footprint of clothing.
A Study on Waste Disposal Management in Textile Industry: A Case Study of Gul Ahmed
Researchers examined waste disposal management practices in the textile industry using Gul Ahmed as a case study, investigating how waste disposal methods, green supply chain practices, and waste reduction strategies relate to company productivity through a mixed-methods correlational design combining questionnaire surveys and in-depth interviews. The study aimed to quantify the relationships between environmental management variables and operational performance in textile manufacturing.
Sustainable Textile Industry: An Overview
This review examines the environmental sustainability challenges of the textile industry, covering chemical pollution, high water and energy consumption, and solid waste generation at every production stage, while discussing strategies such as sustainable materials, cleaner processing, and circular economy approaches.
Evaluation of microfiber release from jeans: the impact of different washing conditions
Researchers quantified microfiber release from three denim jeans during domestic washing, finding that wash temperature, detergent type, and number of wash cycles all affect the quantity of synthetic microfibers shed into wastewater.
Reconciling industrialization and environmental protection for sustainable development in Bangladesh: The textile and apparel industry case
This paper analyzed the Bangladesh textile and apparel industry's path toward reconciling rapid industrialization with environmental protection, identifying policy measures needed to reduce pollution while sustaining economic growth.
Current Status and Analysis of the Solution of Greening in the Textile Industry in Vietnam
This review examines the environmental footprint of Vietnam's textile and garment industry, which accounts for nearly 4% of global freshwater consumption and approximately 20% of water pollution, and evaluates greening strategies including sustainable factory design, energy-efficient equipment, and renewable energy adoption. The authors assess solutions aimed at reducing CO2 emissions toward a net-zero target by 2050.
Denim Manufacturing and Washing as a Fashioned Garments
This paper is not about microplastics — it is a general overview of denim fabric manufacturing processes and consumer trends.
Business strategy and innovative models in the fashion industry: Clothing leasing as a driver of sustainability
Researchers explored clothing leasing as a circular business model that could reduce the fashion industry's environmental footprint, which ranks among the largest sources of global pollution. Using multicriteria analysis, they evaluated the sustainability potential of leasing compared to the traditional fast-fashion model of producing and discarding garments. The study suggests that leasing-based models could meaningfully reduce textile waste and resource consumption in the fashion sector.
Shades of Green
This study examines greenwashing in the fashion industry, analyzing how companies misrepresent environmental sustainability claims to consumers despite growing awareness of the sector's serious human rights and ecological impacts.
Environmental Impacts in the Textile Sector: A Life Cycle Assessment Case Study of a Woolen Undershirt
A life cycle assessment of a woolen textile product quantified the environmental impacts across its production stages, using the study as a case example to demonstrate how LCA methodology can guide the textile industry toward lower-impact manufacturing.
A Review on Textile and Clothing Industry Impacts on The Environment
This review examines how textile and clothing industry operations — including dyeing, finishing, and synthetic fiber production — contribute to water, air, and soil pollution, documenting the downstream effects on aquatic organisms, human health, and plants, and evaluating mitigation approaches across the industry's environmental impact categories.
The Feasibility of Full Sustainability in the Fashion Industry
This study investigates the feasibility of full sustainability in the fashion industry, examining the sector's carbon footprint, water pollution, and microplastic contamination to assess whether comprehensive environmental improvement is achievable.
Estrategias sostenibles para el aprovechamiento de textiles provenientes de la moda rápida (fast fashion)
This study reviews sustainable strategies for managing textile waste from fast fashion — the second most polluting manufacturing industry globally, responsible for 20% of wastewater and 10% of carbon emissions. The research identifies eco-sustainable approaches aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals that could help circular economy efforts reduce fast fashion's environmental footprint.
Sustainability Challenges of the Textile Industry
This review examines the environmental, social, and economic sustainability challenges facing the global textile industry, including high water consumption, chemical pollution, labor exploitation, and the compounding effects of fast fashion on waste generation and resource depletion. The authors argue that addressing these interconnected challenges requires a multidimensional approach spanning supply chain transparency, regulatory reform, and shifts in consumer behavior.
Sustainable collection development towards greener future: Earthsavers
Researchers examined the 'Earthsavers' sustainable textile collection as a case study in environmentally aware fashion design, analyzing how the collection addresses environmental harms from the textile sector including waste disposal, resource depletion, and the role of synthetic plastic-based fabrics.