Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the pre consumer textile waste in North Macedonia

Maksimov, Stefan and Jordeva, Sonja and Zhezhova, Silvana and Golomeova, Saska and Andronikov, Darko (2022) Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the pre consumer textile waste in North Macedonia. Advanced Technologies, 11 (1). pp. 88-92. ISSN 2406-2979

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Abstract

Textile waste in North Macedonia participates with 4.7% in the total composition
of the municipal solid waste which is completely landfilled. The purpose of this
paper is investigation of the textile waste quantity and quality as a pre-condition
for its further management. The results obtained show domination of the apparel
cutting waste, the total amount has an average value of 2792.7 tons per year. The
further analysis shows that cotton waste is the most represented with 46.4%, then
waste from artificial and synthetic fibres with 41.4%. During the research period
(2015-2020), 1.42 kg/capita (on average) of pure pre-consumer textile waste with
retained physical and mechanical properties is generated annually

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Engineering and Technology > Mechanical engineering
Divisions:	Faculty of Technology
Depositing User:	Sonja Jordeva
Date Deposited:	11 Jul 2022 08:06
Last Modified:	11 Jul 2022 08:06
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/29944

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