Nylon, mechanically recycled
4.0
Description
Mechanically recycled nylon. Process includes transporation of waste materials to recycling plant, and also includes washing water, soaps, mechanical grinding and extrusion into pellets for reuse.
Impacts
| Impact area | MSI Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Global Warming | 1.3 | |
| Eutrophication | 1.5 | |
| Water Scarcity | 0.3 | |
| Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels | 0.9 | |
| Chemistry |
Scored per material rather than production stage. Click on "Return to Material", and learn about Chemistry scoring under "Chemistry Certifications".
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Modeling Notes
Meta information
- Primary Source: Data are approximated from ecoinvent 3.3
- Last Publication or Review date: 2015
- Geography: Global/generic
- Data Generator: Cashion East, Pivot Analytics; east@pointpivot.com
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 | Fair | The technologies modeled are representative of the average technology used for similar processes | 3 |
| Average | 2.5 | ||