ASPECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABILITY IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY: A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY AND TREND ANALYSIS

Abstract

The environmental impacts associated with the textile industry have made sustainability perspectives evident in studies related to the subject, including aspects such as eco-efficiency, cleaner production and water reuse. With the growth of these studies, it becomes necessary to assess trends in research development, and bibliometrics can be a relevant tool for this analysis. Thus, this study aimed to identify the factors that have contributed to the development of sustainability in the textile industry, including aspects related to eco-efficiency, cleaner production and water reuse. For this, a bibliometric analysis was carried out, as well as a complementary systematic analysis, for the evaluation of the studies. With this, it was analyzed that the number of publications related to the theme has been increasing in recent years, highlighting the relevance of discussions on the association between the aforementioned factors and their application in the textile sector. It was also understood that aspects such as cleaner production and reuse of water are extremely important and must be dealt with in depth in studies on sustainability. Therefore, this evaluation allowed us to understand that cleaner production is essential for sustainable management in the textile chain and that reuse technologies are necessary to enable quality of treated textile wastewater and allow reuse for other purposes in the industry itself. With the results obtained, it is believed that the findings presented here provide more perspectives for an understanding of the development of research in relation to the subject.