An Innovative Approach to Enhance the Durability and Sustainability of Shoe Insoles

Naseem, Zohra; Zainab, Iqra; Batool, Syeda Rubab; Uzun, Muhammet; Ioanid, Alexandra; Nazeer, Muhammad Anwaar

doi:10.3390/su16219195

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An Innovative Approach to Enhance the Durability and Sustainability of Shoe Insoles

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Zohra Naseem

¹,

Iqra Zainab

¹,

Syeda Rubab Batool

¹,

Muhammet Uzun

²

,

Alexandra Ioanid

^3,4,*

and

Muhammad Anwaar Nazeer

^1,*

¹

School of Engineering and Technology, National Textile University, Faisalabad 37610, Pakistan

²

Department of Textile Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Marmara University, 34854 Istanbul, Türkiye

³

Department of Entrepreneurship and Management, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 313, 060042 Bucharest, Romania

⁴

Academy of Romanian Scientists, Ilfov 3, 050044 Bucharest, Romania

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Sustainability 2024, 16(21), 9195; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16219195

Submission received: 5 September 2024 / Revised: 17 October 2024 / Accepted: 17 October 2024 / Published: 23 October 2024

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This study presents an innovative approach to designing a shoe insole with enhanced durability, sustainability, and antibacterial properties. Needle-punched non-woven recycled polyester fabrics with three different GSMs (100, 200, and 300) were developed. The composite shoe insole was developed using non-woven fabric laminated with a polyurethane sheet to enhance durability. The fabrics were treated with an antibacterial finish with three different concentrations (5%, 10%, and 15%) and subjected to 5 and 10 washing cycles. The developed composites were evaluated against their relative hand value, abrasion resistance, tensile strength, antibacterial activity, and overall moisture management capability. Overall results reveal that the developed composite shoe insole is durable, sustainable, and presents no bacterial growth, demonstrating the insole’s hygienic effectiveness.

Keywords: recycled polyester; polyurethane; lamination; antibacterial shoe insole; sustainability

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Naseem, Z.; Zainab, I.; Batool, S.R.; Uzun, M.; Ioanid, A.; Nazeer, M.A. An Innovative Approach to Enhance the Durability and Sustainability of Shoe Insoles. Sustainability 2024, 16, 9195. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16219195

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Naseem Z, Zainab I, Batool SR, Uzun M, Ioanid A, Nazeer MA. An Innovative Approach to Enhance the Durability and Sustainability of Shoe Insoles. Sustainability. 2024; 16(21):9195. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16219195

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Naseem, Zohra, Iqra Zainab, Syeda Rubab Batool, Muhammet Uzun, Alexandra Ioanid, and Muhammad Anwaar Nazeer. 2024. "An Innovative Approach to Enhance the Durability and Sustainability of Shoe Insoles" Sustainability 16, no. 21: 9195. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16219195

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Naseem, Z., Zainab, I., Batool, S. R., Uzun, M., Ioanid, A., & Nazeer, M. A. (2024). An Innovative Approach to Enhance the Durability and Sustainability of Shoe Insoles. Sustainability, 16(21), 9195. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16219195

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