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The textile industry impacts the environment in a number of ways, including its use of resources, its impact on global warming, and the amount of pollution and waste it generates. Assessing the Environmental Impact of Textiles and the Clothing Supply Chain reviews methods used to calculate this envi...
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Woodhead Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Woodhead publishing series in textiles
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781782421047 |
| Summary: |
The textile industry impacts the environment in a number of ways, including its use of resources, its impact on global warming, and the amount of pollution and waste it generates. Assessing the Environmental Impact of Textiles and the Clothing Supply Chain reviews methods used to calculate this environmental impact, including product carbon footprints (PCFs), ecological footprints (EFs), and life cycle assessment (LCA). The first chapters provide an introduction to the textile supply chain and its environmental impact, and an overview of the methods used to measure this impact. The book goes on to consider different environmental impacts of the industry, including greenhouse gas emissions, the water and energy footprints of the industry, and depletion of resources, as well as the use of LCA to assess the overall environmental impact of the textile industry. It then deals with the practice of measuring these impacts before forming a conclusion about the environmental impact of the industry. Assessing the Environmental Impact of Textiles and the Clothing Supply Chain provides a standard reference for R & D managers in the textile industry and academic researchers in textile science. Reviews the main methods used to calculate the textile industry's use of resources, its impact on global warming and the pollution and waste it generatesReviews the key methods, their principles and how they can be applied in practice to measure and reduce the environmental impact of textile productsIncludes the following calculation methods: product carbon footprints (PCFs), ecological footprints (EFs) and life cycle assessment (LCA). |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (194 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781782421122 1782421122 1306507294 9781306507295 1782421041 9781782421047 |
| Index Number: | TD195 |
| CLC: | X791 |
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Front Cover; Assessing the Environmental Impact of Textiles and the Clothing Supply Chain; Copyright; Contents; Author contact details; Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles; 1:The textile supply chain and its environmental impact; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The textile supply chain: an overview; 1.3 The production of natural fi bres; 1.4 The production of synthetic fi bres; 1.5 Spinning; 1.6 Fabric manufacture; 1.7 Finishing processes; 1.8 Apparel manufacture; 1.9 Distribution and retail; 1.10 Usage and disposal; 1.11 Summary: key challenges in assessing and reducing environmental impacts. 1.12 Sources of further information and advice1.13 References; 2:Ways of measuring the environmental impact of textile processing: an overview; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Ways of measuring the environmental impact of textile processing and textile products; 2.3 Environmental legislation relating to textiles; 2.4 Current environmental standards and schemes in the industry; 2.5 Summary: key methods reviewed in this book; 2.6 Sources of further information and advice; 2.7 References. 3:Textile processing and greenhouse gas emissions: methods for calculating the product carbon footprint (PCF) of textile products3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The main principles of carbon footprint measurement; 3.3 Carbon footprint assessment methodology; 3.4 Applications of product carbon footprint (PCF) assessment to key stages in the supply chain; 3.5 Application of PCF assessment in textiles; 3.6 Summary: key challenges in calculating the PCF in textiles; 3.7 Sources of further information and advice; 3.8 References; 4:Calculating the water and energy footprints of textile products. 4.1 Introduction4.2 Water footprints: an introduction; 4.3 Methods for assessing water footprints; 4.4 Applications of water footprint assessment to key stages in the textile supply chain; 4.5 Energy footprints: introduction and methods of assessment; 4.6 Applications of energy footprint assessment to key stages in the textile supply chain; 4.7 Summary: key challenges in calculating water and energy footprints; 4.8 Sources of further information and advice; 4.9 References; 5:Textile processing and resource depletion: calculating the ecological footprint of textile products; 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Main principles and methods5.3 Application to key stages in the supply chain; 5.4 Summary: key challenges in calculating ecological footprints (EFs) in textiles; 5.5 Sources of further information and advice; 5.6 References; 6:Estimating the overall environmental impact of textile processing: life cycle assessment (LCA) of textile products; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 History of life cycle assessment (LCA); 6.3 Basic principles of LCA; 6.4 LCA goal and scope defi nition; 6.5 Life cycle inventory analysis; 6.6 Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA); 6.7 Life cycle interpretation. |