Compare Materials

Materials included (multiple if blend)

  • Polyester fabric

  • Cotton fabric

Total Impact

44
98

Impacts per material component, divided by production stages

Polyester fabric
10.0
7.8
1.4
11.5
0.0
Cotton fabric
8.8
17.7
50.4
8.0
0.0

Production Stages

Polyester fabric
*Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), fossil fuel based
*Extrusion and melt-spinning, continuous filament, with texturing (80 to 500 DTEX- 72 to 450 den-125 to 20 Nm)
*Knitting, 200 DTEX-180 denier-30/1 Ne-50 Nm
*Scouring and heat setting, synthetic fibers
*Batch dyeing (incl. piece, jet, jig, kier, yarn) - Disperse or cationic dyes
* = Default
Cotton fabric
*Cotton fiber, conventional production
*Spinning, cotton, for knit, ring-spun (200 DTEX-180 denier-30/1 Ne-50 Nm)
*Knitting, circular (200 dtex-180 denier-30/1 Ne), cotton
*Preparation for dye (scouring, etc), knit textile, natural fibers
*Batch dyeing (incl. piece, jet, jig, kier , paddle, pad-batch, yarn) - Direct, sulfur, vat or reactive dyes
* = Default