Working Report no. 24, 2007

EDIPTEX - Environmental assessment of textiles

Abstract
In the EDIPTEX project, a number of lifecycle assessments (environmental assessments) were carried out on 6 textile products. The six environmental assessments include a T-shirt of cotton, a jogging suit of nylon microfibres, a work jacket of polyester and cotton, a blouse of viscose, nylon and elastane, a tablecloth of cotton, a floor covering of nylon and polypropylene The report informs in detail about methods and principles used in the environmental assessments of the six selected EDIPTEX textile products.

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