Abstract:
The textile and apparel industry is one of the most significant industrial sectors in the world,
however, it generates a large number of textiles and apparel waste before and after consumers'
using. This study is conducted on the reusing and recycling of garment fabric waste in Sudanese
garment factories and aimed to identify the causes of this waste and try to increase their
economy, by collecting and reusing this waste to produce useful products. The problem was
identified and working on solving it after observing the amount of fabric waste accumulated in
the Sudanese garment factories, various tailors stores, and other tailors in the markets. Many
several methods were used to reach these objectives, including observation and interviews with
workers in this field, then conducted a questionnaire for them to help in the primary data
collection. After collecting waste from different sources it was sorted and classified into
subcategories, then many tests were done to obtained fabric pieces with a good quality. In the
last step many designs were done by making a several patterns matched to the size and type of
fabric, and the final products are (children’s clothes, bags, bedsheets, and other textiles), these
products were presented to people who specialize in textile and garment industry to know their
opinions about them and if it will benefit the society. From the results of this study, we found
that the different garments that were produced from waste fabrics showed to have a great
satisfaction among consumers.
