Safety management
Goodwill Industries of Delaware and Delaware County (Goodwill DE), a nonprofit organization, is seeking solutions for the annual generation of more than seven million pounds of textiles that could
not be sold in their thrift shops. You are a textile and apparel product consultant. Goodwill DE gives you a used textile product that cannot be sold in their thrift shops and seeks your opinion on
the end of use (EOU) solutions for the textile. The purpose of your solution is to divert the textile waste from landfills.
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Task 1. Please analyze the product and describe the serviceability requirements including comfort, aesthetics, durability, cost, and appearance retention. Comment on care and environmental
concerns. Then, state the fiber properties of each of the fibers used in this product and connect them with the serviceability requirement of the garment (i.e. why were these types of fibers chosen
for this specific garment).
Task 2. State the fiber content and the weight of your product (in grams) and calculate the Material Sustainability Index (MSI) score of the product (MSI scores are available through the “Nike
Making” App). Show your calculations. Explain the sustainability implications of these fibers and what the resulting MSI score means.
Task 3. This product cannot be sold in Goodwill thrift shops. Please propose end of use (EOU) solutions for the textile fibers. Based on the fiber content of the product, you need to explain your
EOL solutions and describe the obstacles that may make your EOL solutions difficult and how these obstacles can be overcome.
Task 4. Without compromising the serviceability of the product, please make recommendations to apparel brands or textile manufacturers on choosing textile fiber content of the product that will be
easier for your EOU solutions