Environmental impact assessment of man-made cellulose fibres

Gaining benefits from discarded textiles

“…However, none of these reports addresses the topic of the fate of the chemical content of textiles during recycling processes. Further, it can be noted that the most cited publications on textile recycling do not discuss the chemical content of textile products (McDonough et al 2003, Farrant, 2008, Shen et al 2012, Zamani et al 2014, Morley et al 2013.…”

Environmental impact assessment of an eco-efficient production for coloured textiles

“…Based on the results of the life cycle inventory, the environmental profile is presented in terms of the following impact categories, which have also been considered in other LCA studies on textile processes (Steinberger et al, 2009;Shen et al, 2010;Yuan et al, 2012). The first impact category represents total raw material or resource consumption, measured by abiotic depletion (ADP).…”

Analysing environmental problems in textiles by LCA approach

“…The same study also evaluates the use of energy obtained from non-renewable resources. Viscose fibres manufactured in Asia use 3.2 times more non-renewable energy resources than the fibres manufactured in Austria (Shen et al, 2010a). With LCA, it is also possible to see the environmental impacts of the energy resources.…”