Current Status and Issues concerning Consumption, Disposal and Circulation of Clothing

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  • Kimura Teruo
    Division of Advanced Fibro Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology

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  • 衣類の消費と廃棄・循環の実態と課題

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While there are many recycling laws now being enforced as a means of supporting the importance of developing a recycling-oriented society, no law regarding the recycling of textiles yet exists. Most clothing waste gets recycled as second-hand clothing, shoddy, or scrap, still the recycling rate for clothing waste remains at a low 20% of the total amount being disposed of. One of the main reasons behind this low rate is that identifying a recycling system that can deal with the different types of waste textiles is difficult. This report presents a view of the current conditions and problems facing those in the clothes industry in particular, with regard to recycling, as this is an area of the textile sector which is closest to daily living. The paper also introduces experiments being done on recycling of clothing waste as a wood substitute material and natural fiber composite material.<br>It is important to mention that an LCA analysis is crucial to the promotion of recycling for reducing the environmental load of the clothes industry in the field of textiles. However, along with technological developments that promote recycling, a heightened awareness regarding the need for textile recycling among consumers must also be developed. The reaction received from a comic book that was published to educate the public on recycling is also discussed here.

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  • CRID
    1390282680457451392
  • NII Article ID
    130004698798
  • DOI
    10.3985/mcwmr.21.140
  • COI
    1:CAS:528:DC%2BC3cXpvFKmsrY%3D
  • ISSN
    21874808
    18835864
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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    • CiNii Articles
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