Non-woven, dry laid

1.9

Description

The nonwoven dry-laid processes starts with carding of the fibers to open and orient the fibers. A wall of air is then used to blow the fibers into a negative pressure drum, where they form a webbed matrix. The fibers are then bonded to form the non-woven textile.

Impacts

Impact area MSI Score
Global Warming 0.8
Eutrophication 0.2
Water Scarcity 0.1
Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels 0.8
Chemistry
Scored per material rather than production stage. Click on "Return to Material", and learn about Chemistry scoring under "Chemistry Certifications".

Modeling Notes

Meta information

  • Primary Source: van der Velden, Natascha M., Martin K. Patel, and Joost G. VogtlÃĪnder (2014). "LCA benchmarking study on textiles made of cotton, polyester, nylon, acryl, or elastane." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 19.2: 331-356.
  • Last Publication or Review date: 2014
  • Geography: Global/generic
  • Data Generator: Cashion East, Pivot Analytics; east@pointpivot.com

Applicable Materials

Material Impact
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Glass fiber fabric
31
Textiles

Data quality

Data Quality Value Description
Precision Fair 20% to 30% 3
Time Representativeness Excellent Data are not older than 4 years with respect to the release date or latest review date 1
Geographical Representativeness Fair The processes included in the dataset are sufficiently representative for the geography stated in the title and metadata 3
Technological Representativeness Good The technologies modeled are included in the mix of technologies covered by the dataset 2
Average 2.25