지속가능한 소재(Sustainable Materials)를 이용한 섬유제품

Abstract

While socioeconomic costs due to global warming and environmental issues are rapidly increasing, the production of textile products is required to adopt new paradigm. The sustainable materials, development of textile products using sustainable materials, and popularization of it can be a suitable answer for the new paradigm. The sustainable textile products can be a good case which comes up with new innovation in the areas of design, environment as well as socioeconomic field. The purpose of this study is to draw a theoretical groundwork for sustainability of textile products' materials and design. In this study, the sustainable materials are categorized into natural and upcycled materials according to the methods of extraction and process of the materials, and case study has been done for the each category respectively. Then, Then, the possibility of maximizing the utilization of sustainable materials in the textile industry has been searched. While a lot of companies leading textile products market with sustainable materials to high value-added industries, support of government to expand the sustainable textile products market is unable to meet the expectations. Thus in order to activate the textile products using sustainable materials, not only the companies' continuous investments are required, but also the government's legal and institutional framework and consumer awareness of sustainable textile products are needed.