Progress towards a greener textile industry

Coloration Technology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Dawson, Tim ^a  

^a Heron Lea   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIBERS; MANUFACTURE; TEXTILES;

COLORATION PROCESS; GREEN CHEMISTRY; NEW SCIENCE; PUBLIC INTEREST; REGENERATED CELLULOSIC FIBRE; RENEWABLE RAW MATERIALS; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84855311577     PISSN: 14723581     EISSN: 14784408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-4408.2011.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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