Solid Waste for Knit Fabric: Quantification and Ratio Analysis

Abstract

The study analyses the solid waste in the knit apparel industry of Bangladesh and the exploitation of waste generated from different categories of input fabrics. It also explores the waste producing rate for the accumulated waste on daily or shift basis in the several sections in the knit apparel industry of Bangladesh, and the environmental collision for this. Nevertheless numerous issues are allied to the knit apparel industry of Bangladesh in terms of the congregated wastes, the study briefly analyses those issues with a prominence on management attempt. This study intends to provide an extensive study that covers the types of solid waste in the knit apparel industry, the differences of waste according to the several sections and the kind of industry. Thus the major research question that as explored is: “what are the solid waste substances and the producing rate inside the knit apparel industries?” Data collected from the knit industries by the intensive observations and following a semi structured open ended questionnaire. All the sources (primary and secondary) are justified and utilized with the progression of this study.

Key words: Knit, Apparel, Fabric, Solid Waste, Compliance, Composite and Jhoot