Source reduction as defined in the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13102), and other practices that reduce or eliminate the creation of...
Pollution that originates from specific, known sources such as municipal and industrial facilities, bypasses and overflows from municipal sewage sy...
An individual strand of yarn.
Warp pile fabric originally made from silk or wool that is distinct from velvet because of its longer and less dense pile. Modern plushes can be ma...
Usually a print cloth treated with chemicals that cause part of the cloth to shrink, creating a permanently crinkled surface.
Any of various organic compounds produced by polymerization, capable of being molded, extruded, cast into various shapes and films or drawn into fi...
A yarn formed by twisting together two or more single strands.
The most simple method of interlacing warp and weft threads to make a cloth. Each filling thread passes alternately under and over the warp yarns t...
Refers to a weaving style, as in “pique cotton”, which is characterized by raised parallel cords or fine ribbing (for example, in the collar of a p...