Chapter Innovation of Textiles through Natural By-Products and Wastes
Author(s)
Reis, Albertina
Coelho, Lorena
Maria, Rosa
Batista, Patrícia
Carvalho, Marta
Moura, Bruna
Fernandes, Sara M.
Malgueiro, Regina
Pintado, Manuela
Sofia Beça Ribas da Silva, Ana
Silva, Mário J.
Monteiro Marques, Mario
Costa, Catarina
Lúcia Sá, Vera
Manuel Merino, Fernando
Silva Abreu, João
Marinho, Augusta
Isabel Magalhães, Ana
Faria, Pedro
José Magalhães, Pedro
Jorge Silva, Ricardo
Alexandra Pereira, Jéssica
Manuel Gaião, Joaquim
Helena Vilaça, Maria
Gabriela Ventura, Sandra
Teles, Ângela
Rosa Mourão, Raquel
Morgado, José
Sofia Gonçalves, Mónica
Language
EnglishAbstract
Nowadays, the competitiveness of the textile industry and the consumers’ interest have been increasing the demand for innovative and functional textiles. Allied to this, sustainable developments are playing an increasingly important role in the textile industry. Such concerns led to a new development strategy based on the valorization of bio-based wastes and by-products of different industries, inserting this in the circular economy paradigm. These bio-based wastes and by-products come from several industries, as the agri-food industry. These resources present an enormous potential for valorization in the textile finish due to their intrinsic properties (antimicrobial, prebiotic, antioxidant activity, among others). This chapter will review the latest innovation and textile product development through different by-products and wastes, their main properties and characteristics and the advantages that they offer to the textile industry.
Keywords
innovative textiles, functional textiles, waste valorization, sustainability, circular economy, protein fraction, agro-industrial wastes, vegan leather, leather waste, alternative leatherDOI
10.5772/intechopen.93011Publisher
InTechOpenPublisher website
https://www.intechopen.com/Publication date and place
2020Classification
Engineering: general