The technical textiles industry is one of the rapidly expanding production sectors in the world. Among the major technical textiles, agro-textiles are one of the most effective, playing a crucial role in protection of crops throughout a plant’s life cycle. The usage of agro-textiles have been incorporated in the agriculture industry for many years and are becoming more popular among textiles and agricultural experts. The extensive usage of agro-textiles has also resulted in major contribution of pollution and degradation of various resources. The usage of hazardous chemicals specially during the processing of agro-textiles resulted in disposal of untreated effluents leading to emergence of water pollution. These effluents, which contain various sulphide-based chemicals, reduce oxygen levels in water bodies and pose serious ecological risks. Although agro-based textiles are renewable they have a liability of faster deterioration of resources for impossible recovery of resources. Further, agro-textiles have made their transition into a sustainable economy which reuses textile waste for the production of any type of innovative products. The technique comprises utilizing of waste, reproducing of resources to increase product longevity and utilizing regenerative and recycled resources as raw materials. Sustainable solutions are essential in the agro-textile sector. Key focus areas include the following: Developing agro-textiles that enhance water retention and distribution, especially in drought-prone regions; proper usage of agro-textiles can also lower the carbon emissions; by using proper energy efficient industrial techniques, by maintaining ethical and sustainable labor standards practices in supply chain of agro-textiles, and by setting in place the traceability procedures to monitor the source and the adverse detrimental and unfavorable impacts of agro-textiles on to the environment are some of the factors that emphasize the need for sustainable solutions. The extensive consideration of the environmental and ecological implications of agro-textile development is vital for promoting responsible innovation. By integrating sustainability at every stage from production to disposal the agro-textile industry can contribute meaningfully to ecological balance and agricultural resilience.

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Environmental and Ecological Perspectives on Agro-textile Development

  • Surabhi Das,
  • Arpana Kamboj,
  • Devsuni Singh,
  • Anita Rani

摘要

The technical textiles industry is one of the rapidly expanding production sectors in the world. Among the major technical textiles, agro-textiles are one of the most effective, playing a crucial role in protection of crops throughout a plant’s life cycle. The usage of agro-textiles have been incorporated in the agriculture industry for many years and are becoming more popular among textiles and agricultural experts. The extensive usage of agro-textiles has also resulted in major contribution of pollution and degradation of various resources. The usage of hazardous chemicals specially during the processing of agro-textiles resulted in disposal of untreated effluents leading to emergence of water pollution. These effluents, which contain various sulphide-based chemicals, reduce oxygen levels in water bodies and pose serious ecological risks. Although agro-based textiles are renewable they have a liability of faster deterioration of resources for impossible recovery of resources. Further, agro-textiles have made their transition into a sustainable economy which reuses textile waste for the production of any type of innovative products. The technique comprises utilizing of waste, reproducing of resources to increase product longevity and utilizing regenerative and recycled resources as raw materials. Sustainable solutions are essential in the agro-textile sector. Key focus areas include the following: Developing agro-textiles that enhance water retention and distribution, especially in drought-prone regions; proper usage of agro-textiles can also lower the carbon emissions; by using proper energy efficient industrial techniques, by maintaining ethical and sustainable labor standards practices in supply chain of agro-textiles, and by setting in place the traceability procedures to monitor the source and the adverse detrimental and unfavorable impacts of agro-textiles on to the environment are some of the factors that emphasize the need for sustainable solutions. The extensive consideration of the environmental and ecological implications of agro-textile development is vital for promoting responsible innovation. By integrating sustainability at every stage from production to disposal the agro-textile industry can contribute meaningfully to ecological balance and agricultural resilience.