Synopsis

Carbon footprint of the Textile Industry

Climate change is a key environmental challenge of our time. Carbon
footprinting is a key environmental accounting tool for business managers,
policy makers and non-governmental organisations attempting to identify
mitigation measures that reduce the threat of climate change. The textile
industry is increasingly engaged in carbon footprinting as a part of policy
development and product design. As is the case for any accounting tool,
there are a number of methodological issues that need to be handled by
analysts producing carbon footprint calculations, and by the consumers of
such information, in order to ensure that the information is meaningful in its
particular context. This document describes these key challenges, the
standardisation processes that have arisen to meet them, the outcomes of
practical carbon footprint calculations for textile manufacturing facilities and
textile products, and recent work on carbon labelling of products and the
ways to reduce them. It also attempts to describe current trends and
attempts to qualitatively extrapolate future developments in this field.

Objective:- 1. To study carbon footprint in Textile Industry.

2.To study the impact of carbon footprint in environment.

3. To study the way of minimization of carbon footprint.

Ecological approach to reduce carbon footprinting of textile

industry :- The textile industry is one of the biggest cause of environmental
pollution. Carbon dioxide and CHG emission during the production and use
of textile product reveals its carbon footprint, toxic dyes and chemicals
used in wet processing of textile goods which are coming in contact with
the skin and causing a direct damage to the health like skin cancer , allergy
etc. Here ,we will discuss about bio-polishing, digital textile printing,
formaldehyde free finishing , pthlatate free printing, ultraviolet energy for
dyeing are some of the processes that would help to make a safer and
sustainable environment.