Production of Fashion Items with Fabrics Scrap and Carton Waste for Sustainable Living of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) In Benue State

The study was to produce fashion items with fabric scrap and cartons of waste in Benue state, Specifically, the study used three objectives and three research questions to guide the study and to determine the fashion items that could be produced from fabric scrap and carton waste for sustainable living and to also determine the acceptability of the fashion items produced from fabric scrap and carton waste. Five prototype fashion items were produced from fabric scrap and carton waste and the acceptability test was carried out. The area of the study was Benue state IDP camps, the study adopted a Research and Development (R&D) design. The population for the study was 1,597, IDPs Benue State Emergency Management Agency (BENSENA) Clothing and Textile lecturers in both Federal and State Universities in Benue state and Dressmakers. The sample size for the study was 120. A structured questionnaire and a 9-point hedonic scale evaluation test were the instruments used for data collection. The instruments were validated by three experts from the Department of Vocational and Technical Education at Benue State University. Cronbach Alpha reliability method was used to test the reliability of the instruments, and the result yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.83 and 0.72 respectively. The results from the research question and the 9-point hedonic scale were both analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The major findings from the study identify; 11 fashion items that can be produced from fabric scrap and carton waste, Patchwork Clothing, Fabric Scrap Jewelry, Cardboard Box, Handbags, Fabric Scrap Headband, Cardboard Shoes, carrier bags, handbags, purses, bible carriers, and Bango. Acceptability level based on aesthetic and functional attributes of fashion items produced from the fabric scrap together with carton waste means include. (8.34) skirt, (7.84) for handbags, fabric scrap headbands {7.95), fabric scrap shoe (7.64) and grown, (8.16). In conclusion, fabric scraps and carton waste are established to be recycled at affordable but fashionable cost, thereby preventing waste as well as sustaining the livelihood of IDPs in Benue to some great extent, it was recommended that the IDPs should utilize fabric scraps and cartons which are considered waste to produce fashion items as this will improve their fashion life.