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Chapter 16
SDG 15 Life on Land
A Review of Sustainable Fashion Design
Processes: Upcycling Waste Organic Yarns
Claudia Arana, Isabel B. Franco, Anuska Joshi, and Jyoti Sedhai
Abstract The fashion industry has had a significant impact on the environment and
overall global sustainability. Evidence shows it is the most polluting industry and
the largest consumer of water, accounting for 20% of global water wastage detrimentally affecting both life on land and underwater. As such a few key stakeholders
in the fashion industry have begun undertaking key preventative measures. These
include but are not limited to the use of organic cotton crops, reduction of water use
throughout the production chain, the implementation of a zero-waste patternmaking
technique, second-hand shops, recycling of production materials, recycling discarded fishing nets into nylon fibre and increasing the use of biodegradable fibres,
crop’s waste fibres, bio-based fibres and bio-textile processes and renewable sources
like bamboo and hemp. The review presented in this chapter examines the fashion
production cycle, the use of alternative organic materials and recycling processes
for the sustainable production of yarns whilst exploring the connections between
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 15 Life on Land and 14 Life below
Water.
Keywords Sustainable fashion · Waste · Organic yarns · SDG 15 Life on Land ·
SDG 14 Life below Water · Sustainability
C. Arana (*)
Bunka Gakuen University, Fashion Global Concentration, Shibuya, Japan
e-mail: arana@bunka.ac.jp
I. B. Franco
Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, United Nations University Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo, Japan
Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia
e-mail: connect@drisabelfranco.com
A. Joshi · J. Sedhai
United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Tokyo, Japan
e-mail: a.joshi@student.unu.edu
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
I. B. Franco et al. (eds.), Actioning the Global Goals for Local Impact, Science
for Sustainable Societies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9927-6_16
Chapter 16
SDG 15 Life on Land
A Review of Sustainable Fashion Design
Processes: Upcycling Waste Organic Yarns
Claudia Arana, Isabel B. Franco, Anuska Joshi, and Jyoti Sedhai
Abstract The fashion industry has had a significant impact on the environment and
overall global sustainability. Evidence shows it is the most polluting industry and
the largest consumer of water, accounting for 20% of global water wastage detrimentally affecting both life on land and underwater. As such a few key stakeholders
in the fashion industry have begun undertaking key preventative measures. These
include but are not limited to the use of organic cotton crops, reduction of water use
throughout the production chain, the implementation of a zero-waste patternmaking
technique, second-hand shops, recycling of production materials, recycling discarded fishing nets into nylon fibre and increasing the use of biodegradable fibres,
crop’s waste fibres, bio-based fibres and bio-textile processes and renewable sources
like bamboo and hemp. The review presented in this chapter examines the fashion
production cycle, the use of alternative organic materials and recycling processes
for the sustainable production of yarns whilst exploring the connections between
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 15 Life on Land and 14 Life below
Water.
Keywords Sustainable fashion · Waste · Organic yarns · SDG 15 Life on Land ·
SDG 14 Life below Water · Sustainability
C. Arana (*)
Bunka Gakuen University, Fashion Global Concentration, Shibuya, Japan
e-mail: arana@bunka.ac.jp
I. B. Franco
Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, United Nations University Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo, Japan
Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia
e-mail: connect@drisabelfranco.com
A. Joshi · J. Sedhai
United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Tokyo, Japan
e-mail: a.joshi@student.unu.edu