A study of properties of woven apparel fabrics containing biodagrable fibers

In addition to the environmental effects caused by textile production in recent years, impurities originating from synthetic fibres have been among the critical agenda items waiting for solutions in the textile industry. In the textile industry fabric production processes, the materials used and the diversity that emerges diverges from sustainability. Today, the importance of sustainability is aimed to produce with this awareness in the textile industry as in every sector. It is a thermoplastic produced from renewable sources such as corn starch, beet root or sugar cane, which are biodegradable and bioactive, which are among the versatile material groups in the bioplastic category. The importance of biodegradable materials increases with the sustainability approach. These materials show very good thermal forming, bonding and painting properties. It provides competitive advantages over products with short lifetimes or standard plastics with a very large carbon footprint. It is important to obtain a 100% bio-based and biodegradable final clothing product that meets the mechanical and performance requirements of the textile industry in accordance with the final applications, and to evaluate the differences in biodegradable materials and other textile raw materials within the fabric. Thera appears several studies on biodegradable fibres but limited data on their applicability into fashion products of the brand owners. In this study, it is aimed to develop eco-friendly woven fabric products from biodegradable fibres to evaluate the performances of production and the final product. The samples of woven fabrics made by poly lactic acid (PLA) fibres and their blends with cotton, viscose and tencell are produced in accordance with the industrial standards and requirements. It is observed that the usage of PLA fibres proves to be sufficient on the bases of mechanical performance, fastness and biodegradability measures. Key words: Biodegradable fiber, Sustainability, Woven Fabric, Polylactic acid fiber