Product Development using Textile Waste

The textile industry has been seen as a major contributor of industrial waste, and has always been quoted negatively. Although this industry itself has a capacity of reducing and reusing this waste, it needs to find the ways to reuse and recycle the solid waste being generated by it. The main objective of this study is, innovative usage of waste material collected from export house. The focus is to reduce the environmental damage being caused by the solid waste, by creatively using it to make a product range. The students' ‘Product Development Using Textile Waste' is an effort to transform the surplus material into a product. A variety of surplus fabrics and materials were sourced from the export houses, to conduct the study. Various fabric manipulation techniques were explored on the different fabric base, conforming to the properties of the fabrics. Fabric manipulation includes the techniques that refashion the fabric in its physical appearance, by adding value to it. These techniques include shirring, smocking, gathering, quilting, appliqué', Cutwork and many more. These techniques, once developed were groomed and transformed into a bedroom collection. Hence, a range of products was developed that was not only design-based but eco- friendly, as well.