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: Received: 9 May 2024 / Approved: 9 May 2024 / Online: 10 May 2024 (10:40:51 CEST)
How to cite:
Rubik, F.; Nebel, K.; Klusch, C.; Karg, H.; Hecht, K.; Gerbig, M.; Gärtner, S.; Boldrini, B. Circular Textiles – Methods and Results of an Application Test in the Business-to-Business Sector. Preprints2024, 2024050636. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0636.v1
Rubik, F.; Nebel, K.; Klusch, C.; Karg, H.; Hecht, K.; Gerbig, M.; Gärtner, S.; Boldrini, B. Circular Textiles – Methods and Results of an Application Test in the Business-to-Business Sector. Preprints 2024, 2024050636. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0636.v1
Rubik, F.; Nebel, K.; Klusch, C.; Karg, H.; Hecht, K.; Gerbig, M.; Gärtner, S.; Boldrini, B. Circular Textiles – Methods and Results of an Application Test in the Business-to-Business Sector. Preprints2024, 2024050636. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0636.v1
APA Style
Rubik, F., Nebel, K., Klusch, C., Karg, H., Hecht, K., Gerbig, M., Gärtner, S., & Boldrini, B. (2024). Circular Textiles – Methods and Results of an Application Test in the Business-to-Business Sector. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0636.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Rubik, F., Sven Gärtner and Barbara Boldrini. 2024 "Circular Textiles – Methods and Results of an Application Test in the Business-to-Business Sector" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0636.v1
Abstract
The textile sector is responsible for a number of environmental impacts. Due to the in-creasing quantities of textiles, their share is rising and a trend reversal from a linear to a circular textile chain is needed. This article presents the background, methodological approach and results of a participatory textile development model. In the commercial B2B sector, three textile prototypes were developed together with users and trialled over several months in three application areas. Textile development took into account the requirements of fibre regeneration in the product design and focused on innova-tive chemical recycling solutions. The three sustainably aligned textiles were subject-ed to spectroscopic and textile-technological tests. Screening life cycle assessments an-alysed their environmental profile and compared it with reference textiles that are used as standard. Overall, it is clear that the three textiles can match conventional ref-erence textiles in terms of quality and have considerable environmental benefits com-pared to the reference textiles. The user survey did identify concerns about a high arti-ficial fibre content, although a general rejection of recycled fibres was not observed. The results show that a transformation is possible, but must start with the fibre com-position; recycling, on the other hand, is of minor importance.
Keywords
textiles, recycling, LCA, consumer participation, participatory product development
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Waste Management and Disposal
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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