Utilizing Circulose fibers in the production of denim fabrics in the context of textile waste management: A case study in DNM textile factory

Gaafer, Rania Rashad

doi:10.21608/idj.2025.389941.1344

Utilizing Circulose fibers in the production of denim fabrics in the context of textile waste management: A case study in DNM textile factory

Document Type : Original Article

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Rania Rashad Gaafer

Faculty of Applied Arts - Damietta University- Egypt

10.21608/idj.2025.389941.1344

Abstract

The textile industry has a massive environmental impact, not only because it consumes enormous amounts of raw materials and effluents, but also because each piece of textile produced eventually adds to the vast number of waste textiles. This research aims to study how textile waste can be recycled and reused in the textile industry. This research was conducted through a field study of DNM textile for spinning, weaving and dyeing factory in new Damietta, Egypt, where yarns produced from recycled Circulose fibers blended with Cotton fibers and used as weft yarns to produce denim fabrics with various structure weaves (3/1 Twill weave – Satin 4 weave – 2/2 Twill weave and 2/2 Matt weave) and compare them with samples made with same weave structures with traditional blended Tencel/Cotton yarns as wefts in fiber cost and mechanical properties of produced fabrics. The results showed that the cost of Circulose fibers is lower than that of Tencel fibers, with the percentage of 21.88%, and blended Circulose/Cotton achieved a quality coefficient convergent with Tencel/Cotton in mechanical properties, with a difference percentage of 1.21%.

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