20.500.12556/RUL-152843 Knitting towards sustainability, circular economy and Industry 4.0 As part of the recent trend towards sustainability in modern society, in general, the knitting sector has done its part to emphasise social responsibility and the careful use of resources. Focus has been placed on reusing, recycling and upcycling raw materials and reducing or even eliminating knitting waste. Manufacturers and users have rethought processes, production and consumption volumes. Sustainable preparation and finishing processes have been developed. Knitting machines that offer environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques with less impact on people and the environment and production methods that significantly reduce the wasted or unproductive time between manufacturing phases have been favoured. Sustainability is not just a new approach or a trend that is fashionable right now, but a must, a compelling concept for the survival of businesses in the future. Knitting as a unique technology spans quite opposite poles: hand and machine production, hobby and money‐making, individual and mass production, assembled and seamless products, fashion and technical market, and so forth. As such, it can adapt, expand and evolve towards sustainability, circular economy and Industry 4.0. This paper provides an overview of the versatility and complexity of knitting today, as well as its sustainability potential, optimisation and merging within knitting and with other processes and opportunities for transition to the circular economy and Industry 4.0, covering digitalisation, the Internet of things and robotisation in knitting. It also analyses the market for knitting machines, knitted fabrics and knitted goods, and addresses the pitfalls of consumerism. circular economy ecodesign Industry 4.0 knitting sustainability krožno gospodarstvo ekodizajn industrija 4.0 pletenje trajnost true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2023-12-08 15:06:49 2023-12-08 15:06:50 2023-12-09 03:49:42 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 16 str. iss. 6, art. e202200087 Vol. 2 2023 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 677 2702-4288 10.1002/appl.202200087 141924099 Applied_Research_-_2023_-_Pavko__uden_-_Knitting_towards_sustainability__circular_economy_and_Industry_4_0.pdf Applied_Research_-_2023_-_Pavko__uden_-_Knitting_towards_sustainability__circular_economy_and_Industry_4_0.pdf 1 6184E898858EA283272C2F1DA2911346 89a70de6d1bdaf6d7397400339b22ff752bd9e193d776162f4b07d9fbcf820a7 600508a4-95d3-11ee-9c20-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=178533 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/appl.202200087 0 41c00d93-95d3-11ee-9c20-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=178532 Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0