Recycling technologies for enabling sustainability transitions of the fashion industry: status quo and avenues for increasing post-consumer waste recycling

IF 3.6 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy Pub Date : 2022-02-09 DOI:10.1080/15487733.2022.2027122
E. Eppinger
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Abstract A major environmental issue of the rise in garment production is a steep increase of textile waste. At the same time, recycling technologies appear to be promising avenues for sustainability transitions of the fashion industry. This article examines the chances and challenges of scaling recycling technologies for textiles and considers the collection and sorting processes as well as the actual reuse. Drawing on case studies and expert interviews, the results indicate current obstacles and opportunities for accelerating diffusion of recycling technologies. Various initiatives are promising, however industry structures, garment designs, and business models need to be re-orientated and re-aligned to accelerate these recycling concepts. Applying the greenwashing notion that acknowledges co-creation by producers and consumers, the article critically argues that the focus on recycled polyester bottles for garments distorts incentives to improve other recycling technologies and masks the true cost of textile-waste recycling. Instead, fashion-brand companies and retailers should leverage their market power to foster sustainability standards in the global recycling industry.
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实现时尚产业可持续转型的回收技术:增加消费后废物回收的现状和途径
随着服装生产的增加,一个主要的环境问题是纺织废料的急剧增加。与此同时,回收技术似乎是时尚产业可持续转型的有希望的途径。本文考察了纺织品规模化回收技术的机遇和挑战,并考虑了收集和分类过程以及实际的再利用。根据案例研究和专家访谈,结果指出了目前加速传播回收技术的障碍和机会。各种各样的倡议都很有希望,但是行业结构、服装设计和商业模式需要重新定位和调整,以加速这些回收概念。这篇文章运用了承认生产者和消费者共同创造的“绿色清洗”概念,批判地认为,关注回收聚酯瓶用于服装扭曲了改善其他回收技术的动机,并掩盖了纺织废物回收的真实成本。相反,时尚品牌公司和零售商应该利用他们的市场力量来促进全球回收行业的可持续性标准。
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Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy
Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
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54
审稿时长
27 weeks
期刊介绍: Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy is a refereed, open-access journal which recognizes that climate change and other socio-environmental challenges require significant transformation of existing systems of consumption and production. Complex and diverse arrays of societal factors and institutions will in coming decades need to reconfigure agro-food systems, implement renewable energy sources, and reinvent housing, modes of mobility, and lifestyles for the current century and beyond. These innovations will need to be formulated in ways that enhance global equity, reduce unequal access to resources, and enable all people on the planet to lead flourishing lives within biophysical constraints. The journal seeks to advance scientific and political perspectives and to cultivate transdisciplinary discussions involving researchers, policy makers, civic entrepreneurs, and others. The ultimate objective is to encourage the design and deployment of both local experiments and system innovations that contribute to a more sustainable future by empowering individuals and organizations and facilitating processes of social learning.
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