Sustainability and Circularity in Textile Industry
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The official GTU curriculum for Sustainability and Circularity in Textile Industry (subject code BE05000521) as prescribed for Plastic · Semester 5 divides the course into 9 units, covering 39 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE05000521)Unit 1 Defining sustainability and circularity, three dimensions of sustainability,
- sustainable development goals
- Net zero. 2 5
Unit 2 Environmental impacts of textile and fashion industry, resource consumption
- energy etc.) in fibre production
- yarn manufacturing
- fabric manufacturing, and chemical processing
- Types of emissions
- scopes I, II and III, measuring carbon footprints
- decarbonizing textile supply chain
Unit 3 Traceability, the need for traceability in the textile value chain, use of
- blockchain and fibre tags/coins for traceability 3 6
Unit 4 Sustainable textile processes, restricted substances for textile and clothing
- Concepts of green chemistry
- natural dyeing
- supercritical carbon dioxide
- UV and plasma technologies
- foam dyeing
- dope dyed fibres
- Renewable energy sources
- wind, etc
Unit 5 Effluent treatment, primary, secondary and tertiary treatments, zero liquid
- discharge (ZLD)
- rotary evaporators
- idea of cost and capacity of ZLD plants
- Standards of BOD, COD, TDS, TSS, pH, and heavy metals
Unit 6 Circularity, circular design, 3Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle), RESOLVE
- restoration and regeneration
- Textile recycling
- upcycling, and downcycling
- open-loop and close-loop recycling
- sorting technology
- Methods of recycling
- thermal and chemical recycling
- recycling of pre and post-consumer textiles
Unit 7 Life cycle analysis, cradle-to-gate, cradle-to-grave, and cradle-to-cradle
- cut-off and allocation approaches
- system boundary
- Steps of LCA, unit of analysis
- inventory assessment
- impact assessment, and interpretation
- Case studies related to LCA analysis of textile products
Unit 8 Standards and certifications, needs, ISO 14000, Oeko-tex 100, Higg-index,
- SMETA members ethical trade audit (SEDEX)
- Global Recycled Standard (GRS)
Unit 9 Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, social sustainability,
- issues in textile and fashion industry
- governance mechanisms 2 4
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