Textiles Industry Environmental Practices

Introduction
This research examined environmental strategies in the textiles manufacturing industry. These environmental strategies are associated primarily with production process changes, the recycling of materials used in textiles manufacturing, and the cleaning of textile fabrics for recycling.

Materials Recycling
The recycling of textile fabrics has gained in popularity in recent years (?The poly,? 1994, p. 8). The practice not only is gaining favor with a growing segment of the consuming public, but is also being looked on with increasing favor by textile manufacturers and fabricators. The recycling of textile fabrics provides …