Working Report No. 24 2007 – EDIPTEX - Environmental assessment of textiles

EDIPTEX - Environmental assessment of textiles

Foreword

The report is the result of the project ”Textilenhedsprocesdatabase – som grundlag for miljøvurdering af tekstilprodukter – UMIPTEX” (textile unit process database - a basis for environmental assessment of textile products - EDIPTEX).

The project is funded by the Council for Recycling and Cleaner Technology and has been carried out by the Danish Technological Institute (Textile) in close cooperation with IPU (institute for product development), the Institute for the Water Environment (now DHI Water & Environment), the Federation of Danish Textile & Clothing (a sector organisation) and a number of enterprises.

Translation from Danish to English is co-financed together with United Kingdom, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)".

Special thanks go to the enterprises mentioned below as they have been directly involved in collecting data and have contributed with valuable data about chemicals used, energy consumption and waste. Without their contributions and commitment, it would not have been possible to carry out the EDIPTEX project.

egetæpper a/s
J. Mørup Stof ApS
Kemotextil A/S
Sunds Velour A/S
A/S S. Thygesen
Nordisk Tekstil Produktion A/S
Kansas Wenaas A/S
Sødahl Design A/S

The project should be regarded as a development project within the Danish EPA's framework programme on development and implementation of cleaner technology in the textile and clothing industry and was carried out 1998-2002.

A steering group with the following members was involved in the project:

Anette Christiansen                      Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Ulla Ringbæk                               Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Aage K. Feddersen                        Federation of Danish Textile & Clothing
Dennis Pedersen                    General Workers' Union in Denmark, Environment
Dorte Harning                              Danish Working Environment Authority
Anne Mette Zacahariassen    Knowledge Centre for Smart Textiles
Søren Ellebæk Laursen         Danish Technological Institute, Textile
John Hansen                         Danish Technological Institute, Textile
Hans Henrik Knudsen           Institute for Product Development (IPU)
Henrik Wenzel                      Institute for Product Development (IPU)
Henrik Fred Larsen                      DHI Water & Environment, now IPU

This project is a follow-up on the pre-project ”Textilenhedsprocesdatabase – som grundlag for miljøvurdering og miljøforbedring af tekstilprodukter” (textile unit process database - a basis for environmental assessment and improvement of textile products). During the pre-project, proposals were made for a process structure for a database of significant processes in the lifecycle of selected textile products in the EDIP unit process database.