Different ideas for textile fashion market and sustainability – environmental & economical costs of fashion products

Abstract

More the famous fashion brands in Apparel sectors were blamed for the non sustainability of the environment. Nonetheless, many companies are very much conscious for the conservation of the environment and green practice. As fashion industry has huge impacts on global environment, conscious consumers are growing social and environmental awareness which has a direct influence in the co-fashion consumption impacts throughout the lifecycle chain: from growing and harvesting crops, coloration, garment manufacture, transportation (takes place between each phase of production), customer use, and to eventual disposal of goods. “Fashion as usual” increases speed and magnitude of resources use, influences redistribution of natural components together with intrusion of waste and emissions to air, water and land. In this Report try to Highlighted the fact that sustainable consumption is an issue that needs to be addressed in terms of waste reduction, resource conversion, and control of pollution. And another one of the concern focuses on waste management: minimizing waste and maximizing reuse and recycling of environmentally sound waste. Reuse or recycling of discarded fashion items reduces the environmental impact significantly compared to the purchase of new fashion products. It has been found that approximately 30% of energy is saved for new development of fiber and yarn replaced by used clothing. Based on the study, this paper presents an overview of three end-of-life waste management strategies 3R: Reusing, Recycling and Refashioning.1–3