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EDIPTEX - Environmental assessment of textiles

Contents

Foreword

Summary and conclusions

• Lifecycle assessment of six textile products
• Textile unit processes
• Equivalency factors

Sammenfatning og konklusioner

• Livscyklusvurderinger af seks tekstilprodukter
• Tekstil enhedsprocesser
• Effektfaktorer

1 Introduction

• 1.1 Background for the project
• 1.2 Objective of the project
• 1.3 Project organisation
• 1.4. Report composition

2 Choice of products for EDIPTEX

• 2.1 Criteria for selection of EDIPTEX products
• 2.2 An EDIPTEX sister project on woollen furniture fabrics
• 2.3 Bills of materials for the products
• 2.4 Textile enterprises in EDIPTEX

3 Unit processes - the building blocks of the product system

• 3.1 Brief description of the EDIP assessment method

4 Strategy for collection of data

5 Structure of the EDIPTEX database

6 The EDIPTEX case stories

• 6.1 The T-shirt, the jogging suit and the work jacket - case group I
  • 6.1.1 Case for T-shirt
  • 6.1.2 Case for jogging suit
  • 6.1.3 Case for work jacket
• 6.2 The blouse, the tablecloth and the floor covering - case group II
  • 6.2.1 Case for blouse
  • 6.2.2 Case for tablecloth
  • 6.2.3 Case for floor covering

7 Literature

• EDIPTEX publications
• EDIP publications and tools as well as the ISO 14040 series

Annex 1: A T-shirt of 100 % cotton

• The T-shirt - summary and conclusions
• Introduction
• Method
  • Comments to the method
  • Data
• The T-shirt
  • Functional unit
  • Reference product and main scenario
  • Product system
  • Main scenario - results
  • Source identification
  • What-if simulations
  • Consequences of choices by the producer
  • Consequences of choices by the consumer
  • Optimised use phase scenarios
• Background data
  • System structure in the EDIPTEX database for the T-shirt
  • Details of the T-shirt model in the EDIPTEX database

Annex 2: Jogging suit of nylon and cotton

• The jogging suit - summary and conclusions
• Introduction
• Method
  • Comments to the method
  • Data
• The jogging suit
  • Functional unit
  • Reference product and main scenario
  • Product system
  • Main scenario - results
  • Source identification
  • What-if simulations
  • Consequences of choices by the producer
  • Consequences of choices by the consumer
• Background data
  • System structure in the EDIPTEX database for the jogging suit
  • Details of the jogging suit model in the EDIPTEX database

Annex 3: Work jacket of polyester/cotton

• Work jacket – summary and conclusions
• Introduction
• Method
  • Comments to the method
  • Data
• The work jacket
  • Functional unit
  • Reference product and main scenario
  • Product system
  • Main scenario - results
  • What-if simulations
  • Consequences of choices by the producer
  • Consequences of choices by the consumer
• Background data
  • System structure in the EDIPTEX database for the work jacket
  • Details of the work jacket model in the EDIPTEX database
  • Extra components

Annex 4: Blouse made of viscose, nylon and elastane

• The blouse - summary and conclusions
• Introduction
• Method
  • Comments to the method
  • Data
• The blouse
  • Functional unit
  • Reference product and main scenario
  • Product system
  • Main scenario - results
  • What-if discussion
• Background data
  • System structure in the EDIPTEX database for the blouse
  • Details of the blouse model in the EDIPTEX database

Annex 5: Tablecloth - cotton and dirt-repelling

• The tablecloth - summary and conclusions
• Introduction
• Method
  • Comments to the method
  • Data
• Tablecloth
  • Functional unit
  • Reference product and main scenario
  • Product system
  • Main scenario - results
  • What–if diskussion
• Background data
  • System structure in the EDIPTEX database for the tablecloth
  • Details of the tablecloth model in the EDIPTEX database

Annex 6: Floor covering of nylon and polypropylene

• The floor covering – summary and conclusions
• Introduction
• Method
  • Comments to the method
  • Data
• The floor covering
  • Functional unit
  • Reference product and main scenario
  • Product system
  • Main scenario - results
  • What-if discussion
• Background data
  • System structure in the EDIPTEX database for the floor covering
  • Details of the floor covering model in the EDIPTEX database

Annex 7: Management of chemicals in UMIPTEX

• General information on management of chemicals in lifecycle assessment
  • Assessment of chemicals in matrix lifecycle assessment
  • Principles of the assessment
  • Occurrence on lists
  • Danger classification
  • Procedure
• Assessment of chemical substances in the EDIP model
  • Method
  • Normalisation
  • Weighting
• Pesticides
• List of references for calculation of equivalency factors

Annex 8: Data for cotton cultivation and harvest

• Crop yield
• Consumption of fertilizer
• Consumption of other chemicals
• Energy consumption
• Water consumption
• Allocation
• Waste volumes
• Chemical residues on cotton fibres
• List of references for data for cultivation and harvest of cotton

Annex 9: Data for spinning

• Energy consumption
  • Company data for spinning processes
• List of references for spinning

Annex 10: Data for buttons and zippers

• Buttons
• Zippers

Annex 11: Glossary

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