Prof. Dr. Mehmet Karahan, Deputy General Manager of BUTEKOM, conveyed the latest developments on Sustainability in the Textile Sector.
Sustainability in production is a multi-segmented issue.
It is an issue with many parameters such as raw materials, process optimization, efficient use of human resources, and recovery. Unfortunately, when it comes to the textile sector, it is one of the most polluting sectors in the world.
Therefore, the environmental impact of each textile product should be designed by establishing the disposal methods to be followed during the production phase, the use phase and after the end of its life.
Let me give you some examples. For example, do you know that 1 kg of cotton consumes 20 tons of water from the field to the moment of use?
This means, for example, that the T-shirt you wear needs almost 2700 liters of water for you to wear it
Environmental sustainability has become increasingly important in the textile industry due to the negative impacts of textiles on the environment. This is certainly one of the most important issues that we need to focus on.
Many brands carry out this as a mission to improve their sustainability credentials.
Sustainability in the fashion industry goes to different places. Today, some major suppliers are trying to improve their own sustainability while at the same time encouraging consumers to keep their clothes out of landfill. So they encourage using more or recycling afterwards.
H&M, for example, started to collect old clothes from customers in its Stockholm store and put them on its shelves, where they are dismantled and made into clothes.
Thanks to the strategies followed by countries and global brands, sustainable textiles are constantly evolving and new criteria are formed. In addition, the formation of a consumer mass whose consumption habits and fashion sense are changing and encouraged to change is increasing day by day.
For this reason, issues such as the production of raw materials that are less harmful to the environment, research on the reusability of garments, optimization of processes, and less chemical waste emission to the environment should be more on the agenda in the textile sector.
Therefore, I would like to state that BUTEKOM will provide such support to the textile sector in these sustainable production concepts made by global brands.
Thank you.
