Technology to help fashion value-chain turn green


ecofriendly4_8330128.JPGIncreasingpollution from vehicles and industrial units, deforestation, excessive use ofchemicals, plastic, metals and other non-biodegradable material, expandinglandfill sites are leaving devastating impacts on the environment.

This has intensified the need to minimize the environmental damages and makethe earth a better place to live not only for the present generations but alsofor the future generations to come.

Fashion Industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world. It isthe second largest water-consumer of all the industries of the world.

An interesting area of research is to emancipate the role of technologyintegration in the fashion industry and its contribution in the emergence ofan ethical and green fashion value-chain.

The intervention of green technology in the fashion industry is bringing forthvarious aspects such as green material, green design, green manufacturing,green transportation, green retail, and green post-consumer management and soon.

These concepts have relevance to various key areas in the fashion value chainwhere eco-friendly technology and alternate solutions can replace theconventional methods.

The coming years are going to witness integration of green technology invarious stages from fibre to fabric, from raw material to the finished fashiongoods.

This will encompass the whole value-chain from across, farming, sourcing,designing, manufacturing aspects and manufacturer to retailer and finally tothe consumer covering the warehousing, ordering, transportation, retailing,consuming and post-consumer management.

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