INTERNATIONAL UNIDO WORKSHOP ON ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND SUSTAINABLE TEXTILE PRODUCTION

Çağlar SİVRİ, M.Sc.Çağlar SİVRİ, M.Sc.

SpecialistSpecialist

October, 2011 Bursa-TÜRKİYE

OUTLINEOUTLINE

OUTLOOK FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY TEXTILE PRODUCTION IN THE WORLD

REACH LEGISLATION

LANDFILL FACTOR

THE OVERALL SITUATION OF TURKEY IN SUSTAINABLE AND CLEAN PRODUCTION: PROBLEMS, NEEDS AND FUTURE APPLICATION TRENDS

STUDIES ON ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY TEXTILE PRODUCTION CARRIED OUT AT THE SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY

OUTLOOK FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY OUTLOOK FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY TEXTILE PRODUCTION IN FRIENDLY TEXTILE PRODUCTION IN

THE WORLDTHE WORLD

Texile Wastes in Singapore, 2011 [1] Textile Wastes in NYC, 2011 [2]

The expansion of textile production and consumption has contributed to increasing pollution, water shortages, fossil fuel and raw material depletion, and climate change.

Production of polyester fibre, the most widely used man-made fibre, consumes non-renewable resources and high energy levels, and generates atmospheric emissions.

Textile finishing consumes large amounts of water and energy and often produces harmful effluent.

Apparel production is more environmentally friendly, but sourcing from low cost countries consumes more fuel for transportation. Among consumers, the trend towards fast fashion and cheaper clothing has led to a throw-away mentality [3].

The average pair of jeans uses 42 liters of water in the finishing process. With Water<Less, Levi’s reduced that the amount of water by an average of 28%. And in some products, Levi’s cut it by 96%

They used to add stones to washing machines that were full of water to achieve a certain finish. Now, with the Water<Less process, they add stones to the washing machine without the water. Number of wet-washing cycles has been cut by combining steps [4].

REACH LEGISLATIONREACH LEGISLATION

REACH is a European Union regulation concerning the

Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of

Chemicals. It came into force on 1st June 2007 and replaced

a number of European Directives and Regulations with a

single system.

To make the people who place chemicals on the market

(manufacturers and importers) responsible for understanding

and managing the risks associated with their use for an

environmentally friendly awareness.

LANDFILL FACTORLANDFILL FACTOR

The UK based Recycling Association, estimates that up to95% of the textiles that are landfilled each year could be recycled. Disturbingly, 25% is unusable and sent to landfill [5].

A landfill site is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment.

Renewable water potential is approx. 234 km3 in Turkey.

There are large scale companies such as Zorlu, Sanko, Aksa that are able to produce their own energy, some SMEs are also self sufficient [6].

Many companies from nonwovens sector consider about Reach Legislation and have a plan for solid waste management related to landfill factor especially for the ones that are Edana members.

TURKEY IN SUSTAINABLE AND CLEAN TURKEY IN SUSTAINABLE AND CLEAN PRODUCTION: PROBLEMS, NEEDS AND FUTURE PRODUCTION: PROBLEMS, NEEDS AND FUTURE APPLICATION TRENDSAPPLICATION TRENDS

The capacity of existing waste water treatment plants are not sufficient to meet the demand in future.

New treatment plant installations, improvement of existing ones, R&D funding support from national scientific institutions and industrial organisations help waste water and solid waste treatment policy to take one step further.

GREEN ENVIRONMENT PURIFICATION/RECLAMATION PLANT

OPERATION COOPERATIVE:

Settled in Bursa.

A competitive model for sustainable development and environmentally friendly policies.

Implements industrial waste water treatment facilities

Designed with the latest technologies and updated continously

Offers laboratory analysis for the waste water

Serving to textile, chemistry, machinery sector and many more other sectors .

Founded with partnerships between industrial, non-industrial organizations and public institutions.

Forefront in its area, purification comply with EU standarts

It has a great environmental awareness

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS AT THE RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS AT THE SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY

RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTIONRELATED TO SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION

Micro Sustainable Design – Eco-Friendly products- An EU Funded Framework Project

A Project on Functional Nanofibers with Live Yeast Cells for Bioremedation of Textile Wastes Treatment

Introduction of Biomimetic Fiber Engineering to the Nonwovens Sector-TUBITAK Funded Project

MMICRO SUSTAINABLE DESIGN – ECO-ICRO SUSTAINABLE DESIGN – ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS-AN EU FUNDED IP FRIENDLY PRODUCTS-AN EU FUNDED IP FRAMEWORK PROJECT FRAMEWORK PROJECT

Partner countries: Lithuania, Sweden, Turkey, Latvia, Portugal, DenmarkThe SDU Representative : Lecturer S.Tulga Telli, Engineering and Architecture Faculty, Department Of Textile Engineering.Period : 3 years

Teaching staff and students will visit local SMEs in order to get practical information on studied topic/s. In this way, we hope to increase the future cooperation between HEIs and involved SMEs.

Functional nanofibers with Live Yeast CellsYeast cells

http://www.sciencenews.net.au/images/yeast-cells-for-wine.jpg

Walker, G., M., Yeast Physiology and Biotechnology, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., England, 1998, p. 266

M. Fatih CANBOLAT, PhD NCSU & SDU

INTRODUCTION OF BIOMIMETIC FIBER ENGINEERING TO THE NONWOVENS SECTOR-TUBITAK FUNDED PROJECT TUBITAK FUNDED PROJECT

Çağlar SİVRİ, Güray YARAR and Mehmet DAYIK

Partnerships between institutions provides a promising research infra-structure for the biomimetic fiber research

Development of Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Textile Products inspired by Nature

Dissemination of self cleaning&superhydrophobic surfaces throughout the nonwovens and technical textiles industry

Replacing non-degradable superabsorbents by bio-degradable superabsorbents for nonwoven products.

Development of long life textile products mimicking nature

INTRODUCTION OF BIOMIMETIC FIBER INTRODUCTION OF BIOMIMETIC FIBER ENGINEERING TO THE NONWOVENS ENGINEERING TO THE NONWOVENS SECTORSECTOR

Çağlar SİVRİ, Güray YARAR and Mehmet DAYIK

Nano Bumpers

Behaviour of a Droplet on a Superhydrophobic Surface

Self-Cleaning

SELF CLEANING & SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SELF CLEANING & SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES SURFACES

Çağlar SİVRİ, Güray YARAR and Mehmet DAYIK

The Products of the Future will be Produced as Inspired by the Nature [7]

Çağlar SİVRİ, Güray YARAR and Mehmet DAYIK

ReferencesReferences

1.http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/publications/spc/state_of_waste_management/2.asp2. Textile Wastes Project. EU Youth Projects, 2008.3. Green Textiles and Apparel: Environmental Impact and Strategies for

Improvement. Textiles Outlook International, Issue 132, December 2007.4. http://www.levistrauss.com/blogs/new-jeans-incredible-finishes-less-water5. Caulfield, K., 2009. Discussion paper: Sources of Textile Waste in Australia. 6. Yılmaz, İ., 2011. The Importance of Water and its Efficient Use. Bursa, Turkey.7. Sivri, Ç., 2010. Application of Biomimetic Fiber Engineering to the Technical

Textiles

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