Abstract

In this paper, waste generation, management, and minimization approaches of the apparel industry in Ethiopia are investigated. 53 supervisors of four sections of 17 apparel manufacturers located in Addis Ababa participated in the survey. A checklist was used to record the fabric wastage and a self-administered questionnaire was used to collect waste management and minimization strategies. Fabric was the major source of cut-and-sew waste accounting for 28.55% on average. The majority of the companies (63.6%) sell their wastes to small-scale enterprises, while few (9.1%) disposed to landfills. More than half of the companies (54.5%) had no waste minimization strategies. However, few of them use re-designing and minimum waste pattern cutting to increase fabric utilization. The jigsaw puzzle pattern layout technique improved the marker efficiency of the knit T-shirt manufacturing case company from 79.0% to 84.9%. This reduction in fabric wastage has implications for both profitability and environmental safety.

摘要

在本文中，对埃塞俄比亚服装行业的废物产生、管理和最小化方法进行了调查。位于亚的斯亚贝巴的17家服装制造商的四个部门的53名主管参加了调查。使用清单记录织物浪费，并使用自我管理的问卷收集废物管理和最小化策略。面料是裁剪和缝纫废料的主要来源，平均占比为28.55%。大多数公司 (63.6%) 将其废物出售给小型企业，而少数 (9.1%) 将其丢弃到垃圾填埋场。超过一半的公司 (54.5%) 没有减少浪费的策略。然而，他们中很少有人使用重新设计和最小浪费的图案裁剪来提高织物利用率。拼图图案排版技术将针织T恤制造案例公司的排版效率从79.0%提高到84.9%。这种织物浪费的减少对盈利能力和环境安全都有影响。