Issue 2, 2023

From waste to wearable: an alternative waste stream for unusable textiles turned into piezoelectric textiles

Abstract

In response to the growing fashion and textile industry, a market of reuse and recyclability to create alternative waste streams has emerged. With a more eco-friendly mindset, companies have begun to embrace clothing reuse through several means of recycling techniques (chemical, mechanical, thermal) or reuse; however, most spent clothing is disposed of. Herein, a novel method of recycling, for specific materials, is presented. From purchased secondhand clothing, made of either acrylic or nylon-6, an electronic textile is electrospun and implemented into a wearable smart mask demonstrating the feasibility with which textile waste can be transformed into a high performance energy generating and/or sensing material.

Graphical abstract: From waste to wearable: an alternative waste stream for unusable textiles turned into piezoelectric textiles

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 10 2022
Accepted
11 1 2023
First published
12 1 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Sustain., 2023,1, 326-334

From waste to wearable: an alternative waste stream for unusable textiles turned into piezoelectric textiles

J. Milam-Guerrero, D. Kwon, Y. Y. Choi, F. Al-badani, J. Jiang, J. Schaefer and N. V. Myung, RSC Sustain., 2023, 1, 326 DOI: 10.1039/D2SU00068G

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