We have the NATURAL fibres, grouping the vegetable fibres and animal fibres and the MANMADE fibres composed of animal and mineral fibres. Each group has more distinction, I mad a small table to digest the information and make it clearer:
RECYCLING: because without a sustainable concept there isn't a good textile!!
It is interesting to notice that around 50% of the textile world production is COTTON and almost all the other half is POLYSTER, there is only 2-10% that are other fibres.
It is very important as a designer to take it into account, do we go with the flow or we try to break in with something new? do we use what we have or create something new?
Recycling a cotton garment: if we want to recycle a cotton t-shirt, for instance, to its very first state it would possible only if the cotton is organic and free of any chemicals, dyes, and detergents that help make it.
FOX FIBRE
Recycling a polyester garment: it is much easier as polyester can be brought back back to its original state by melting, it never loses its qualities.
Recycle hierarchy: from "not so big impact to very important impact":
1. disposal: lose-lose scenario nothing is recycled.
2.avoidance: stop buying http://www.buynothingday.co.uk/
3. reuse : swapping clothes, ebay, charities
4. recycling: upcycle, reuse, redesign, rethink of what can be done.
- Charity that divert the thrown away textile from the landfill to a recycle bank, and create new items.http://www.traid.org.uk/
- Using old clothes, cut , unstitched and redesign with them.http://www.junkystyling.co.uk/
- Using designer off cuts and fabrics that would normally go to waste to design and make up beautiful clothes http://www.fromsomewhere.co.uk/index2.html
5. recovery: biodegradation which would be the most eco-friendly and would probably keep the textile world going as they will always be jobs!
Cradle To Cradle/ remaking the way we make things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart.
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