Source of data: Waste Management Strategy (2009-2015) of the Republic of Macedonia.
Textile production is one of the oldest industries in the world. Textile and clothing industries have basic inherent characteristics and contain a large and diverse range of activities. The overall process of production of textile products can be presented in three stages:
Raw materials
- fiber preparation
Textile
- processing of raw materials
- manufacture of knitted and woven textile materials
- preparation of dyeing textiles
- production of: carpets, home textiles, technical and
industrial textiles
Clothing
- transformation of textile materials into products
The textile industry in Macedonia is one of the most important industries:
By 1990
- developed basic textile industry
Today
- developed apparel industry (95%)
Export of textile products to the developed countries’ markets can only be achieved if certain definitions are met:
1.
2.
of resources
3.
4.
Within the textile industry, the waste in solid aggregate state consists of: fiber, pelts, yarns and remnants of textile materials.
According to Article 25, paragraph 2 of the Law on Waste Management ("Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia" No. 68/2004 and 71/2004), solid waste from the textile and apparel industry, in the list of types of waste is classified into two groups:
04 - Waste from leather, fur and textile industry
04 02 waste from the textile industry
04 02 09 waste from composite materials (impregnated textile, elastomer, plastomer)
04 02 21 wastes from unprocessed textile fibers
04 02 22 wastes from processed waste fibers
04 02 99 other waste
20 - Municipal waste (household waste and similar waste from commercial, administrative and industrial activities) including fractions selected waste
20 01 separately collected fractions
20 01 10 clothes
20 01 11 textiles
In the Republic of Macedonia, the largest number of ready-made clothes enterprises throw out solid wastes after the cutting process and together with other communal waste is dumped at city