1. Ecodesign approaches in the textile industry

Ecodesign is the integration of environmental protection into the design of a product (whether considered as a good or a service). The aim is to reduce the product's environmental impact over its entire life cycle: extraction or production of raw materials, manufacturing, distribution, use and end-of-life [G 6 050] .

It is a global approach characterized by a multi-stage (taking into account all stages of the product's life cycle), multi-component (the product and its packaging), multi-actor (the entire value chain) and multi-criteria (taking into account environmental...